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Networked Virtual F-35 Simulators For US Air Force Pilot Training
December 9, 2015 @ 06:52 AMThe US Air Force will begin training its pilots on linked virtual F-35 simulators. Lockheed Martin last week announced the delivery of four networked F-35 simulators that can be shared over virtual world giving access to multiple trainees in tactical training exercise at a single time, Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday
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Australia To Get 49 PC-21 Trainer Aircraft For $1.2 Billion
December 8, 2015 @ 02:30 PMLockheed Martin has won a $1.2 billion contract to supply 49 Pilatus PC-21 trainer aircraft and seven Flight Simulators To support Australian Defense Force Pilot Training System
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S.Korean Government Under Pressure To Restart KF-X Fighter Program From Scratch
December 7, 2015 @ 02:28 PMThe South Korean government is under pressure to restart its fighter jet program KF-X and cancel the purchase of F-35 stealth fighters if needed. Growing uncertainties to procure technology transfer from the US is stated as a major reason for demands from some politicians and critics to restart the program entirely to develop a fighter jet all by itself, Korea Times reported Monday
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BAE Systems' Electronic Warfare System For USAF Boeing F-15
December 2, 2015 @ 08:02 AMBAE Systems has been selected by prime contractor Boeing to provide Electronic Warfare (EW) system for the U.S
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First US Air Force F-35A Squadron To Reach Combat Readiness in August...
December 1, 2015 @ 05:36 PMAs the US Air Force prepares for F-35 Lightning II operations, pilots at Hill Air Force Base are rehearsing missions with new simulators delivered by Lockheed Martin. Pilots are now training with four Full Mission Simulators linked together to hone their tactical employment of the F-35 against ground and airborne threats
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US Air Force Denies Plans To Buy New F-15 Fighter Jets
November 27, 2015 @ 04:17 AMThe US Air Force has denied reports of it considering buying new 72 F-15 fighter jets due to cost overruns of the F-35. "At this time the Air Force has no plans to acquire 72 new F-15s or F-16s, although the Air Force is always looking at options to be prepared for a dynamic global security environment," Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick said in a email statement to the Telegraph news daily Wednesday denying any plans to buy F-15s
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Pratt & Whitney Wins US F-35 Jet Engine Maintenance Contract
November 26, 2015 @ 10:40 AMUnited Technologies Corporation Pratt & Whitney has won a new $214 million contract from US department of defense for jet engines maintenance for the over-cost and troubled F-35 stealth fighter bomber. The defense contractor will maintain the F-35 jets for the US Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, as well as foreign military sales, US department of defense announced Wednesday
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Terma Signs Letter of Intent With Netherland Air Force On F-35 Test...
November 23, 2015 @ 02:53 PMDutch enterprises, Terma BV, has signed a Letter Of Intent (LOI) with the Royal Netherlands Air Force to establish a Logistic Center for supporting F-35 program with Lockheed Martin. The agreement was signed at the Dutch Industry for Defense and Safety (NIDV) symposium on 19 November in Rotterdam to support the F-35 program with specific focus on the so-called LM-STAR test capabilities and Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO)
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F-35, P8 Planes in Massive UK Defence Procurement List
November 23, 2015 @ 12:01 PMUKs Prime Minister David Cameron will announce £12 billion more to the defense equipment spending taking the total spending to £178 billion over the next decade. UK plans to build two new 5,000 strike brigades by 2025 which will have new Scout range of vehicles and about 600 armored vehicles for rapid deployment missions
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South Korea-Indonesia Discussing Financial Terms of KF-X Fighter Jet Partnership
November 20, 2015 @ 04:15 AMSouth Korea is discussing financial terms and other responsibilities with Indonesia for their partnership to produce the Korean Fighter Experimental (KF-X) project. South Korea is in the “final stage” of negotiations with Indonesia over their partnership on a local fighter jet development program and the results will possibly come early next week, the defense procurement agency said yesterday as quoted by Yonhap news
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
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