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IRKUT Makes a Case for YAK 130 Trainers for India at Aero
February 11, 2013 @ 10:09 AMRussian aircraft manufacturer IRKUT has made a case for the Yak-130 advanced combat trainer to be a part of the Indian Air Force (IAF) fleet. The aircraft which has been inducted into the Russian Air Force to offer both basic and advanced jet training for fourth and fifth generation fighter aircraft is considered a good fit for the MiG-29, SU-30 MKI, the Rafale MMRCA and the potential acquisition of the PAK-FA fifth generation fighter
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Turkey To Cancel F-35 Order, Cites Rising Costs And Technical Problems
January 17, 2013 @ 07:35 AMTurkey has decided to defer an order to procure its first two F-35 fighter jets citing technical problems and rising costs, but added that it still plans to buy over a 100 in the future.“Due to the current state of the JSF (Joint Strike Fighter)
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Junk F-35, Says POGO Director Amid Pricing, Underperformance Issues
January 8, 2013 @ 12:00 AMLockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter aircraft is an under-performing plane, according to Winslow Wheeler, Director of the Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information, a part of the Project on Government Oversight. According to Wheeler, the F-35 is a mediocre aircraft because its “varied requirements force it to make compromises” and says that the aircraft should be boxed
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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
Diehl Defence to Acquire Explosive Ordnance Disposal Firm, EST Energetics
Russian Burevestnik Nuclear-powered Cruise Missile Could Release Radioactive Material During Flight
French DGA to Add Collaborative Combat, ISR Mission Capability to A400M Aircraft...
Indian Navy to Commission Stealt Frigate, Anti-submarine Craft, Hydrographic Survey Vessel
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles