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Pentagon To Reduce F-35 Costs By 10 To 20 Percent
June 17, 2014 @ 08:20 AMThe Pentagon plans to reduce operating and sustainment costs by 10 to 20 percent. It seeks suggestions from the aircraft maintainer and industry partner investments in this regard
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Canada To Announce Decision On F-35 Early Next Week
June 6, 2014 @ 02:32 PMA decision on Canadas F-35 purchase is expected next week, if local media reports are to be believed. The Conservative government is expected to make a final decision as soon as next Tuesday, followed soon after by an announcement that will put an end to the debate about whether to hold a competition to buy new fighter planes or to renew the $45-billion plan to sole-source the purchase of F-35s, according to CBC News
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F-35 Demos Air-To-Air Combat Capability, Fires Two Aerial Missiles
June 5, 2014 @ 01:59 PMAn F-35B demonstrated the jet's air-to-air combat capability when it sequentially engaged two aerial targets with two AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles during a Weapon Delivery Accuracy mission. "The U
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Spain Axes F-35 Acquisition, Will Extend Harrier’s Life Service Beyond 2025
May 29, 2014 @ 09:31 AMSpains acquisition of the F-35 will have to wait "until it becomes financially accessible", according to local media reports. The F-35 was intended to replace the Harrier fighters however a 70-million euro plan to extend their service life beyond 2025 was announced earlier in the week
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Northrop Demos Unique Communications Capability In Fifth Generation Fighter
May 28, 2014 @ 02:22 PMNorthrop Grumman has built and demonstrated a unique communications capability for the U.S
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Norway To Invest $622 Million In Final Phase Of JSM Development
May 27, 2014 @ 02:49 PMNorway is planning to invest nearly $622 million in the third and final phase of development of the Joint Strike Missile (JSM), according to statement issued on 23 May by the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. Since 2004, the JSM is under development with an objective to equip future Norwegian F-35 combat aircraft with a weapon that allows for successful engagement of highly defended sea- and land targets at very long range
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Korea To Test F-35 JSF By Simulator
May 26, 2014 @ 02:44 PMAn evaluation team from the South Korean Air Force will test Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II before signing a deal to purchase 40 of the stealth aircraft for its "next-generation" fighter jet, the nation's procurement agency said Sunday. "The 10-man team will visit the company's plant in Fort Worth, Texas Monday for two weeks of tests," said an official of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)
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Norway To Develop Joint Strike Missile
May 23, 2014 @ 02:24 PMThe Norwegian Government has today submitted to Parliament a revised National Budget in which it confirms that it will present a proposal for development of the Joint Strike Missile before the summer. This further development of Kongsbergs JSM will implement Stage III in the development of the JSM missile for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)
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Pratt & Whitney Signs $10 Billion In Agreements Within Last Year
May 21, 2014 @ 11:17 AMWithin the last year, Pratt & Whitney has signed more than $10 billion in long-term agreements with more than 90 key product suppliers from across the globe, the company said in a statement. The agreements are helping to solidify the company's manufacturing network as it prepares for an increase in commercial and military engine production, the statement added
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Australia To Acquire AIM 9X-2 Sidewinder Missiles Through FMS Sale
May 14, 2014 @ 02:15 PMThe US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia for AIM 9X-2 Sidewinder missiles and associated equipment worth $534 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on May 13, 2014
First Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel Delivered to Australian MoD
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
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