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Canada Cancels F-35 Purchase Due To High Life Cycle Costs
December 10, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Canadian Government has decided to drop the F-35 fighter aircraft contract after the auditor-general report projected life-cycle costs of the aircraft above $30 billion. The operations committee of the federal Cabinet decided to scrap the controversial sole-source program and go back to the drawing board, a ministry official was quoted as saying
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U.S Marine Corps Get Three F-35B Aircraft
November 21, 2012 @ 12:00 AMLockheed Martin has delivered three F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft to the U.S
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Northrop Grumman To Supply Component Parts For F-35 Program
November 7, 2012 @ 12:00 AMNorthrop Grumman has won a long-term agreement (LTA) with the advanced composites manufacturer Terma A/S in Denmark to manufacture component parts for the international F-35 Lightning II program. The LTA covers production of 34 unique F-35 Lightning II composite components, including door, panel, skin assembly and straps through 2019
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Royal Air Force Gets Second F-35B Lightning II Aircraft
October 29, 2012 @ 12:00 AMBritain’s Royal Air Force has taken delivery of the second British F-35B Lightning II. The aircraft joins the nine A variants of the joint strike fighter flown by the Air Force and the 11 B variants flown by the Marine Corps to become the largest fleet of F-35s in the world with 22 jets
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F-35A Completes First In-Flight Weapons Release
October 18, 2012 @ 12:00 AMAn F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft completed the first in-flight weapons release of a 2,000 pound GBU-31 BLU-109 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) from a 5th Generation fighter, Oct. 16
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F-35B JSF Conducts First Air-To-Air Refuelling
October 12, 2012 @ 12:00 AMF-35B Joint Strike Fighters with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 from Eglin conducted the first air-to-air refuel of an operational aircraft in the program’s history. Previous aerial refueling operations with the F-35 had been conducted with test aircraft
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Asian, East European Nations Lead Global Defence Budget Hikes Amidst Spending Cuts...
October 10, 2012 @ 12:00 AMWhile NATO nations make large cuts to their defense budgets for the next fiscal year, Asian and Eastern European countries are taking advantage of their increased budgets. However, despite the decrease in defense budgets this year, it does not gap the wide difference in budgets between the two realms
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Norway To Focus On Training, Readiness With 2013 Budget Plan
October 8, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Norwegian government will spend $7.4 billion on defence in 2013, an increase from 2012’s $52
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Australia Plans Defense Procurement Worth $150 Billion In The Next 10 Years:...
October 8, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIn the next 10 years, Australia will spend about $150 billion in defense procurement as part of a new Defense Capability Guide and Defense Capability Plans recently introduced by the government. Regarded as a key document for the country’s defense industry, the new document provides general guidance for industry on projects for the six year period following the four years Forward Estimates period of the Defence Capability Plan (DCP)
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USAF, GE Aviation To Develop Aircraft Engine Technology
September 18, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe U.S
Denmark to Reorient Patrol Ships Design for Arctic Operations
UAE's Edge Signs Contract with Hungary to Supply CARACAL Sniper Rifles
Russian Su-57 Jet to Set the Skies on Fire at Aero India
U.S. Navy Deploys New AI-powered System to Detect Houthi Threats in Red...
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