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South Korea Offers Botswana FA-50 Fighter Jet As Cheaper Alternative To Sweden's...
August 24, 2017 @ 11:41 AMSouth Koreas Korea Space Industries (KAI) is reportedly offering indigenously-built FA-50, a light attack variant of the T-50 supersonic trainer, to the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) for “affordable acquisition and low-operating cost” as compared to its European competitor. As per secret document obtained by
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Boeing, Northrop Pip Lockheed Martin in Race To Build Minuteman Nuclear Missile...
August 22, 2017 @ 08:52 AMBoeing has been awarded a $349.1 million contract and Northrop Grumman a $328
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Nordam to Manufacture Flaps For US Navy’s Boeing F/A 18 Fighters
August 18, 2017 @ 10:50 AMNordam will manufacture spare F/A‐18 A‐D Hornet leading‐edge flaps under a new five‐year strategic agreement with Boeing through June 2022. The flaps alter the aerodynamic profile of the fighter aircrafts wing leading edge for increased or decreased lift, as well as for enhanced maneuverability while in flight, CEO Meredith Siegfried Madden said in a statement Thursday
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US Navy To Commission Expeditionary Sea Base As Warship In Bahrain
August 17, 2017 @ 11:51 AMThe US Navy will commission the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) during a 5 p
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Ukraine's Antonov Plans to Take On Russia In Military Transport Aircraft Market
August 14, 2017 @ 01:00 PMUkraine's Antonov plans to compete aggressively against Russia in the market for affordable military transportation aircraft with its AN-78 and AN-132D planes which are in an advanced stage of development and testing. The Ukraines firm which is now incorporated into the state concern Ukroboronprom, intends to manufacture at least 70 planes within the next five years
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Lockheed Martin Wins $8B Special Ops Global Logistics Support Services Contract
August 12, 2017 @ 07:57 AMLockheed Martin has won $8 billion Special Operations Forces Global Logistics Support Services (SOF GLSS) contract. The SOF GLSS contract shall provide non-personal, global logistics support services and expertise to maintain program support and Enterprise management functions for Program Executive Office of the Special Operations Forces Support Activity, US department of defense said in a statement Friday
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Russian Helicopters To Test Ka-226T Helicopter At High Temperatures In Iran
August 10, 2017 @ 08:40 AMThe Russian Helicopters together with Iran Helicopters Support and Renewal Company (IHSRC) will test the light utility helicopter Ka-226T for its usability at extremely high temperatures. The tests will be conducted on the Iranian company site within the framework of a memorandum signed by the parties in May 2017 at the international exhibition HeliRussia-2017
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Australian F-35 Fighters Get Home-made Vertical Tail
August 7, 2017 @ 10:15 AMThe third Australian F-35A Joint Strike Fighter has received its Australian made vertical tail as it nears production completion. Victorian based company Marand is an Australian company, one of which is the manufacture of vertical tails
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China Modernizes Type-96 Tanks
August 3, 2017 @ 06:01 PMChina is modernizing itsType-96 tank with the help of experience it gained during 2016 Russian Tank Biathlon, the military Zvezda TV channel reported. All the teams used Russian T-72 tanks, except for the Chinese crews, who use their own T-96 tanks
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US DoD Re-organizes Bureaucracy to Make Military Capabilities More Lethal
August 3, 2017 @ 10:00 AMThe US Department of Defence has broken down the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics into two entities, each headed by an undersecretary -one for research and engineering and the other for acquisition and sustainment. The change is designed to make military capabilities more lethal, encourage partnerships within the department and with allied nations and to ensure acquisition processes fulfil the needs of service members now and in the future, Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan said on August 2 in an article posted on the US DoD website
Qatar Abandons Gaza Mediation Over Israeli Bombing
New Combat Rations for U.S. Forces- Lighter, Comact and Packing More Energy...
Polish F-16 Fires Missile at House While Aiming for Russian Drone
U.S. Approves 12 F-16 Jets Sale to Peru worth $3.42B
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...