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Lockheed Martin Wins $61 million contract For F-35 Logistics Services Support
January 30, 2016 @ 08:15 AMLockheed Martin has been awarded a $61 million contract for recurring logistics services support for F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will provide ground maintenance activities; action request resolution; depot activation activities; Automatic Logistics Information System operations and maintenance; reliability, maintainability and health management implementation and support; supply chain management; and activities to provide and support pilot and maintainer initial training, the US Department of Defense announced Friday
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Japan's X-2 Aircraft Could Join the World Stealth Fighter Race
January 29, 2016 @ 11:00 AMJapans home-grown stealth fighter from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is aimed at matching similar stealth aircraft of China and Russia as well as competes in the world market for fifth generation fighters. The X-2 is designed to test stealth capabilities and once in full production will compete against the US F-35, Russian T-50 and Chinese J-31 fighters
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F-35C Flight Tests Caused ‘Sonic Boom’ In New Jersey: US Navy
January 29, 2016 @ 07:39 AMOne of the military aircraft which was undergoing a routine flight test caused a series of sonic booms on Thursday – felt from southern New Jersey to Long Island, the US Navy statement said. The Naval Test Wing Atlantic, based out of the Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Md
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Lockheed Martin Wins $28 Million Contract For F-35A Fuel Tank Support
January 13, 2016 @ 08:25 AMLockheed Martin has been awarded a $28 million contract for air vehicle retrofit modifications associated with the F-35A fuel tank overpressure engineering. The contract awarded is in support of the US Air Force, and the governments of Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway, the US Department of Defense announced Tuesday
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Assembly of Israel’s First F-35 ‘Adir’ Fighter Begins
January 12, 2016 @ 10:40 AMIsraels F-35A designated as ‘Adir officially began its mate process where four major components of the fifth generation fighter aircraft will be assembled in the Electronic Mate and Assembly Station to form the aircraft's structure. Lockheed Martin and Israeli Ministry of Defense officials commemorated the beginning of the first F-35A "Adir" (meaning "mighty one" in Hebrew) manufactured for Israel at Fort Worth Jan
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Chinese J-20 Stealth Fighter Needs More Powerful Engines
January 2, 2016 @ 09:21 AMChina needs to work on more powerful engines for its fifth generation fighter aircraft, J-20 similar to that of Pratt and Whitneys F135 engine for F-35. China recently made a deal to buy two-dozen advanced Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker-E fighters from Russia, which have a pair of powerful NPO Saturn AL-41F1S afterburning turbofans
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Russia Offers to Cut Price of FGFA T-50, India Feels It Is...
December 31, 2015 @ 10:43 AMEven as Russia offered a cheaper deal on the PAK-FA fifth generation fighter aircraft, the Indian Air Force feels that it is still too expensive even at this price. Russia last week, offered to slash price of its new Sukhoi T-50 (PAK-FA)s technological know-how under the FGFA from $6 billion to $3
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Chinese Su-35 To Counter US Military Movement In South China Sea
December 26, 2015 @ 10:42 AMChinas recent purchase of 24 Su-35 fighter jets will be used to patrol South China Sea to counter US. China entered into a contract to purchase the fighter jets for US $2 billion in November
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Finland Seeks Information From European, American Manufacturers For Hx-Fighter Program
December 22, 2015 @ 03:15 PMFinlands ministry of defense (MoD) has issued a request for information for its new hx-fighter aircraft program. The MoD has sent a letter to Great Britain, France, Sweden and the US about the project launch on the 16 this month
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Lockheed Martin Receives $1.1 Billion Contract For 80 F-35s Materials Procurement
December 22, 2015 @ 05:57 AMLockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co
Dutch F-35s Train for Rapid Deployment in Estonia
Turkish Baykar to Make Drones in Morocco
Sweden Announces $1.2B Military Support, its Biggest Ever to Ukraine
French Armament Directorate Orders Renovation of 100 Leclerc Tanks
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