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USAF, GE Aviation To Develop Aircraft Engine Technology
September 18, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe U.S
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Modernisation Of U.S Nuclear Arsenal To Cost Over $300 Billion
September 17, 2012 @ 12:00 AMDespite huge military cuts, the U.S plans the costliest modernisation and maintenance of over 5000 nuclear warheads worth $352 billion
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Italy Goes Ahead Vehicle Procurement Plan Despite Budget Restrains
September 10, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Italian government plans to buy 40 VTMM medium tactical worth $151 million from Iveco with an option for 40 more with the first batch to be delivered this year. Designed to carry a crew of five, the route clearance package will be deployed in Afghanistan next year
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Turkey To Buy Additional F-35 JSF Aircraft
September 4, 2012 @ 12:00 AMTurkey is expected to order a second pair of jointly-made, next-generation, stealth F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Lightning II aircraft to be delivered by 2016. The first pair of the jets are expected to be delivered in 2015
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Lockheed Martin To Help Improve F-35 Aircraft For Israel
August 29, 2012 @ 12:00 AMLockheed Martin has been awarded a $206 million contract from the U.S DoD to support the F-35A Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) Air System for Israel under the Foreign Military Sales Program
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Boeing To Design Rocket-Propelled Bomb For USAF In Concept Development Contract
August 17, 2012 @ 12:00 AMBoeing has been awarded a $1.4 million contract by the USAF to help design a rocket-propelled bomb for the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter-bomber that can attack and destroy enemy bunkers, tunnel complexes, and other important deeply buried targets
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F-35 Lightning II Fires First Bomb, Completes Test
August 10, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe F-35 Lightning II completed its first airborne weapons separations when it effectively released a weapon in flight. BF-3, a short take-off and vertical landing F-35 variant, executed an inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) separation weapon over water in an Atlantic test range while traveling at 400 knots at an altitude of 4,200 feet
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Alenia Aermacchi Rolls Out Singapore’s First M-346 Advanced Trainer
August 8, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will soon receive its first M-346 advanced trainer from Alenia Aermacchi. ST Aerospace, the prime contractor, teamed with Alenia Aermacchi and Boeing in 2010 to supply 12 M-346 aircraft and ground based training system for the RSAF’s Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) programme
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UK’s Tornados To Retire In 2019
August 6, 2012 @ 12:00 AMBy the end of this decade, the UK’s Royal Air Force will have phased out the Panavia Tornado GR4 to make room for the Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II. The British Forces Broadcasting Service reported on August 3 that the “R4 bomber will leave service in March 2019 after featuring in every conflict since the first Gulf War”
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Lockheed Completes JASSM Integration On F-15E With Flight Test
July 27, 2012 @ 12:00 AMLockheed Martin today announced that the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently completed F-15E platform integration with a successful all-up round (AUR) flight test. The successful AUR test marked the first time JASSM, or any missile, has been integrated onto a platform using the Universal Armament Interface (UAI)
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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