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US Air Force Plans to Replace HH-60G Personnel Recovery Helicopter Fleet: GAO...
August 17, 2018 @ 08:44 AMThe United States Air Force (USAF) plans to replace its aging HH-60G personnel recovery helicopter fleet as it is facing maintenance challenges. According to the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to the Congressional committees published this month, about 68 percent of the 96-helicopter fleet were mission-capable as of 2017, which is below the USAF desired mission-capable rate of 75 percent
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China Commissions L-15 Advanced Trainer Jet for Naval Pilots' Training
August 14, 2018 @ 12:52 PMChina has commissioned its third generation L-15 advanced trainer jet for its Peoples Liberation Army Navy pilots training based on aircraft carriers. The Naval Aviation University in Shandong province had held a commissioning ceremony for a new type of trainer jet at an unidentified naval airport along the Bohai Sea, the PLA Navy was quoted as saying in a statement last week by
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India's Previous Govt Favored Boeing in Anti-submarine Warfare Aircraft Deal: CAG
August 10, 2018 @ 09:31 AMThe Indian Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) pulled up the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for changing parameters of the deal for the procurement of Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance Anti-Submarine Warfare (LRMRASW) aircraft to unduly favour Boeing. In its report submitted in the parliament, the CAG said that Boeing is yet to fulfil the offset obligations as part of the contract for the acquisition of LRMRASW aircraft that was signed in 2011,
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Chinese J-16 Fighter Jet Combat Ready To 'Target Taiwan'
August 5, 2018 @ 07:33 AMChinas air force has announced that its J-16 fighter jet, developed to 'target Taiwan,' will be combat ready soon. The air force said a squadron of J-16s – described as 4
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Low Maintenance rate of Malaysian Fighter Jets due to Insufficient Operating Funds:...
August 3, 2018 @ 02:57 PMThe low maintenance rate of Malaysian air force Russian fighter jets were partly due to insufficient operating funds, the air force has said. The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) was responding to a statement made by Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu in Parliament on Tuesday (July 31) that only four of the 18 Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets bought by the previous administration in 2007 could fly, with the rest sent in for repairs,
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Japan’s Deployment of Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Is Behind Schedule
July 31, 2018 @ 01:01 PMJapan is expected to deploy one of the new US-developed land-based missile defense systems by 2023, a year behind Tokyo's planned schedule, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Monday. For the deployment of the first battery, the U
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British Typhoon Aircraft Scrambled To Intercept Russian Bomber Over Black Sea
July 27, 2018 @ 12:52 PMThe Royal Air Force scrambled Typhoon fighter jets based in Romania on Thursday, in response to Russian Su-24 FENCER aircraft operating near NATO airspace over the Black Sea. Operating from the Romanian Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base near Constanta on the Black Sea coast, the RAF Typhoons responded to the suspected bomber aircraft heading west towards NATO airspace, the British MOD announced Thursday
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China Signs Acceptance Certificate for Russian S-400 Air Defence Systems
July 26, 2018 @ 09:32 AMChina has signed a certificate accepting the first batch of Russia-made S-400 Air Defence Systems which were delivered to Beijing in May this year. "Last week, an acceptance certificate was signed for the first batch of S-400 systems that was delivered from Russia by sea in May 2018
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India not to Recognize US CATSAA, will Go Ahead with S-400 Buy
July 13, 2018 @ 03:27 PMIndia has rejected a United States delegation's demand that it should not buy the S-400 air defence system from Russia in view of Washington's Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). "We have told the US Congress delegation [that visited India] that this is US law and not a UN law," The Tribune reported quoting Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharman Friday
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Russia’s Amphibious Self-Propelled Tank Destroyer To Begin Trials In October
July 13, 2018 @ 08:51 AMRussias new amphibious self-propelled tank destroyer will begin state trials in October, a defense industry source has told TASS. "State trials of Sprut-SDM1 are to begin in the fourth quarter of 2018," the source said
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Germany Begins Work on Arrow 3 Missile Defense System
South Korea, Saudi Arabia Sign MoU on Mutual Quality Guarantee for Exported...
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U