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US to Spend $30M to Store F-35 Jets Denied to Turkey
December 13, 2019 @ 07:21 AMThe United States could spend $30 million to store the F-35 stealth fighter jets meant for Turkey until an alternative use for them is found. On Tuesday, US Congress approved defense budget for 2020, under which the Congress gave the defense secretary discretion to spend up to $30 million to store the fifth-generation jets until a plan for their use was formalized
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US Army tests New Air, Missile Defense Battle Command System
December 13, 2019 @ 05:24 AMNorthrop Grummans Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) meant for the US Army has been tested, during which it engaged two incoming target cruise missiles. The IAMD Battle Command System has been touted to be the first real-competitor to the Russian S-400/Pantsir IMAD system
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US Navy's New Gerald R. Ford Class Carried Christened USS John F....
December 9, 2019 @ 05:24 AMThe USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) Gerald R
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P&W Bags $522M F-35 Engines Logistics Support Contract
November 28, 2019 @ 02:03 AMThe Pentagon has awarded Pratt and Whitney a contract valued $522 million to provide logistics support to the F-135 engines of the F-35 fighters belonging to the United States military, non-Department of Defense (DoD) participants and foreign military sales (FMS) customers. "United Technologies Corp
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Pentagon Awards Lockheed $1.16B F-35A Contract
November 27, 2019 @ 04:50 AMThe Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin two contracts with a combined worth of $1.16 billion for F-35A aircraft meant for Australia and United States Air Force (USAF)
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US Deploys F-35 Jets to UAE Airbase
November 23, 2019 @ 06:37 AMThe United States has sent a squadron equipped with F-35 fighters on a combat deployment to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “Airmen from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings here deployed F-35A Lighting IIs into combat
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P&W Wins $763M for 48 F-35 Engines
November 22, 2019 @ 08:37 AMThe Pentagon has awarded Pratt and Whitney, a subsidiary of United Technologies a contract worth $763 million for the supply of 48 additional engines to power the F-35 fighter jet. “This modification exercises options for the Lot 14 production and delivery of 48 F135-PW-100 propulsion systems for the Air Force and 10 F135-PW-600 propulsion systems for the Marine Corps
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Turkish S-400 System to be Operationalized in April 2020
November 17, 2019 @ 01:28 PMTurkey's S-400 systems will be put to service by April 2020, said Ismail Demir, head of the Turkish Defense Industry Directorate. "We are planning to put the Russian systems into service in April 2020," Demir was quoted as saying by CNN Turk on Saturday
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US, Russia to Pitch Fifth-Gen Fighters at Dubai Airshow 2019
November 14, 2019 @ 09:21 AMThe United States and Russia may be looking at the upcoming Dubai Airshow as an opportunity to market their advanced, sixth-generation fighters with the US exhibiting its F-22 and F-35 jets, and Russia showcasing a scale model of the export version of the Su-57 at event. The airshow will mark the debut of Lockheed F-35 at an event in the gulf, all variants of which have recorded over 12% fall in their prices
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F-35, F-22 Jets To Be Displayed at Dubai Airshow 2019
November 12, 2019 @ 09:47 AMThe Pentagon is set to display its advanced F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II fighters at the Dubai Airshow 2019, marking the F-35 jets first participation at an event in the Middle East. This opens up the possibility that the United States (US) is looking at the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, and other Arab countries in the region that do not have stealth fighters, as a potential market for its own jets
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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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...