The famed F-35 Lightning II fighter jet has been found to be vulnerable to lightning. Damaged tubes, part of the On-Board Inert Gas Generation System (OBIGGS) in fuel tank, have been found on F-35A fighters belonging to the Dutch air force, a Dutch air force release said September 18
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu revealed today that S-400 missile systems it bought from Russia have not yet been activated. “The S-400s are not yet active
US President Donald Trump announced on September 15 that he had “no problem” selling American F-35 fighters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) despite Israeli opposition. Speaking to Fox News today, Trump said, "Personally, I will not have a problem with that; I will not have a problem selling them F-35s," indicating that this will secure "a lot of jobs" in the United States
In its decision to acquire Rafale fighter jets, Greece became the first European nations to announce plans to buy jets from France breaking more than a decade long jinx where European nations have ignored the Rafale in favor of the Eurofighter Typhoon and the F-35. Welcoming the Greek move, French defence minister Florence Parly today said, “the decision of the Greek government to acquire Rafale aircraft confirms the success of an export policy resolutely turned towards Europe
Elbit Systems announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elbit Systems – Cyclone Ltd., was awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin for the manufacture of assemblies for Forward Equipment Bay assemblies for the F-35 jet
Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) has commenced final assembly of a prototype jet at its assembly line in Sacheon, south of Seoul on Thursday, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)
US State Department has approved a possible sale to Japan of 32 AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) with support for an estimated cost of $63 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today
Russia and Turkey have commenced discussing financial terms for the supply of a second batch of S-400 air defence systems (ADS) but no sales contract has been signed yet. “A contract on the delivery of the second batch of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to Turkey has been signed and the sides are discussing the contracts financial terms,” Head of Russias state arms seller Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheyev told reporters on Sunday
The US Navy has set up a program office to develop a sixth generation fighter jet to operate from aircraft carriers as a replacement to the F/A-18 super hornet and the EA-18G electronic attack jets. The program office will oversee the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) initiative , according to the US Navy acquisition chief James Geurts who told reporters last week
Israels active lobbying against the United States selling F-35 stealth jets to the U.A