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Dassault not to start work on Qatar Rafale Order Until Advance Payment...
November 14, 2015 @ 01:57 PMWork on building the Rafale aircraft for Qatar will not start until the Gulf nation first pays a deposit for the 6.3 billion Euro deal to purchase 24 fighter aircraft including 2 billion Euro worth weapons
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Northrop Shrugs Off UAE Loss, Looks Forward to Indian And Other Early...
November 14, 2015 @ 01:12 PMNorthrop Grumman which lost out to Saab for supplying a US$ 1.27 billion early warning aircraft to the UAE, is diverting its attention to potential sales prospects in India and several other countries
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Is Chinese FC-31 A Replica Of US F-35 Aircraft?
November 13, 2015 @ 02:54 PMChina provided details of its FC-31 fighter aircraft earlier this week, a plane it is accused of developing by stealing secrets from the US F-35. While a section of the US and European media and defence analysts have been at the forefront of these accusations, a comparison of the features of the both the aircraft will support the claim whether it a copy or an original inspiration
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Fresh Demand May Force Lockheed Martin To Extend F-16 Production Beyond 2019
November 12, 2015 @ 10:14 AMLockheed Martin might extend F-16 fighter jet manufacturing production line till 2019 and beyond anticipating orders from Indonesia, the Gulf, Eastern Europe and other regions. “A number of countries in the Gulf already operated F-16 jets, but others were taking a closer look after seeing successful use of the jets against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, and insurgents in Yemen,” Rick Groesch, regional vice president for Lockheed in the Middle East was quoted as saying by Reuters Monday
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Electronic Warfare Systems for Sukhoi Su-34
November 12, 2015 @ 09:08 AMRussian Sukhoi Su-34 will get the first batch of the Khibiny aircraft electronic countermeasures (ECM) system this month. The systems will be installed on the wingtips of Su-34s and will provide the jets with election countermeasures against radar systems, anti-aircraft missile systems and airborne early warning and control aircraft, Igor Nasenkov, the first deputy general director of the Radio-Electronic Technologies Concern (KRET) was quoted as saying by Ria Novosti Thursday
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Pakistan-Chinese JF-17 Fighter Aircraft Wins Customer at Dubai Air Show?
November 12, 2015 @ 06:19 AMThe China-Pakistan JF-17 fighter aircraft is believed to have won a customer at the Dubai Air Show, Chinese and Pakistani media reported. “Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) closed the deal with an unidentified buyer at the (Dubai) air show,” the Dawn newspaper said, quoting China Daily which in turn cited an AVIC statement
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Eurofighter Typhoon Lagging Behind Rivals
November 11, 2015 @ 02:04 PMThe Eurofighter Typhoon may be lagging behind the Dassault Rafale and F-16 in terms of radar and advanced weapons as it pitches for contracts in the Middle East. When the Eurofighter team provided a briefing at the Dubai Air Show on the fighter's planned upgrade program it was not lost on the media about how behind the European consortium's aircraft was as compared to its main rivals in the Middle East market
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Russia, Iran Sign Deal To Upgrade Mi-17 Helicopter Service Center
November 11, 2015 @ 10:47 AMRussian Helicopters has won a contract from the Iranian Helicopter Support and Renewal Company (PANHA) to upgrade its maintenance and overhaul facility for Mi-17 helicopters. Two contracts have been reached to "in compliance with the memorandum signed in October 2015 with the PANHA factory on its retrofitting," the Russian companys deputy Alexander Shcherbinin was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti at the Dubai Airshow
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Russia Training Iranian Troops To Operate S-300 Air Defence Missile System
November 11, 2015 @ 10:31 AMIranian troops are being trained in Russia on how to operate the S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system in preparation to Tehran taking delivery of it by this year end. Irans defence minister, Hossein Dehghan told local journalists yesterday that the “executive stage” of the agreement is over and that his country would receive a "major part" of the shipment in less than two months, Press-TV reported
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Pak, China To Upgrade JF-17 Jet With Advanced Weapons
November 10, 2015 @ 09:21 AMChina and Pakistan will be upgrading JF-17 fighter jet with advanced weapons eyeing export orders. The JF-17 thunder fighter jet will have advanced capabilities such as air-to-air refuelling data link, electronic warfare integrated with more guided weapons, Liu Yu, Vice President of China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation, was quoted as saying during the ongoing Dubai Airshow by China Military website Monday
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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