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Australian Firms to Support Global F-35 Fleet with Government Grants

June 23, 2020 @ 08:37 AM

Australias New Air Combat Capability-Industry Support Program (NACC-ISP) has awarded new grants to three local companies to help build their capacity to support production and sustainment of the global F-35 fleet. The NACC-ISP was established in 2010 to support Australian industry and research organisations involved in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program
Raytheon StormBreaker 'Smart Weapon' fired from Super Hornet Jet

June 15, 2020 @ 05:47 PM

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, completed the first guided release of a StormBreaker smart weapon from an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet on Monday. The jet will become the second fighter jet to add the weapon when the program reaches initial operational capability later this year
US Air Force F-15 Jet crashes into North Sea, Pilot Missing

June 15, 2020 @ 10:40 AM

A US Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter jet crashed into the North Sea off the British coast on Monday with the pilot reported missing. The incident was confirmed in a Tweet by the US Air Force which said that a search operation is now underway to ascertain the status of the pilot
Lockheed gets $183M Additional Services Contract for S.Korean F-35s

June 13, 2020 @ 05:24 AM

Lockheed Martin has won a $184 million modification contract to incorporate additional operation, security and technical services in support of the F-35 Lightning II program for the Republic of Korea. Seoul inked a $6
US to Establish new Military Policy-Pacific Deterrence Initiative to Counter China

June 12, 2020 @ 05:49 PM

The 2021 US National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA) establishes the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) to send a strong signal to the Chinese Communist Party that America is deeply committed to defending its interests in the Indo-Pacific. The PDI will focus resources on key military capability gaps, reassure US allies, and bolster the credibility of American deterrence in the Indo-Pacific
Denmark to Compensate 1600 Homes Near Airbase for Noise from F-35 Jets

June 12, 2020 @ 04:16 PM

As Denmark kick-starts preparations to receive its first F-35A Lightning II jet next year, it could compensate 1600 homes around the base where the jets will be flown owing to the additional noise caused. “A broad political majority consisting of the Left, Conservatives, the Danish Peoples Party, the Liberal Alliance, the Radical Left, and the Social Democracy is behind the political agreement to compensate approximately 1,600 homes in the area of the additional noise the F-35 aircraft brings in comparison to the current F-16,” the Ministry of Defense said Thursday
Six F-35 Jets Meant for Turkey to be Handed over to US...

June 12, 2020 @ 03:21 PM

The United States National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) 2021 has authorized the Air Force to utilize, modify, and operate six Turkish F-35s that were manufactured but never delivered because Turkey was suspended from the F-35 program. The NDAA which is expected to be passed into law will mean the official exit from the F-35 program for Turkey for continuing with the purchase and operation of the Russian S-400 air defence system (ADS)
Italy Procures 6 F-35 Jets for $368.2M

June 12, 2020 @ 06:47 AM

The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract $368.2 million to produce five F-35A fighters and an F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) jet
F-35 Jet’s Landing Gear Collapses After Landing at Hill AFB

June 9, 2020 @ 10:06 AM

The landing gear of an F-35 jet collapsed after landing at Hill Air Force Base in Utah on Monday. The fighter, assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing had just completed a routine training flight
USAF Combat Drone to be Pitted against Manned Jet to Develop AI...

June 9, 2020 @ 08:37 AM

Air Force researchers are working on a combat drone that can take down a piloted plane in an air-to-air combat with the goal of pitting the two against each other in July 2021. “Its a bold, bold idea

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