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Eurofighter Front-runner in German Bid to Replace Tornado Fighters
December 12, 2017 @ 07:29 AMThe German Defense Ministry has said that Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role fighters as a front runner in its bid to replace aging Tonado jets. In a letter to a Greens lawmaker, the Lockheed Martin F-35 and Boeing F-15 and F-18 were secondary options, the ministry statement was quoted by
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General Atomics Wins $134 Million for Production of Block 30 Ground Control...
December 9, 2017 @ 10:11 AMGeneral Atomics has won a $134 million contract for the production of block 30 ground control stations. Work is expected to be completed by Jan
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Israel Operationalizes First Set of F-35 Fighter Jets
December 7, 2017 @ 11:48 AMThe Israel Air Force has announced that F-35 fighter aircraft, ‘Adir are now operational. Israel has so far received nine aircraft of the 50 it has ordered from US Lockheed Martin each costing at an approximate $100-110 million
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Canada to Announce Older Australian F-18 Buy Next Week, Scraps Boeing Super...
December 5, 2017 @ 11:34 PMThe Canadian government will announce its intention to buy a used fleet of older Australian F-18 fighter jets scrapping the plan to buy 18 new Super Hornets from Boeing. The decision comes amidst growing dispute with the US aerospace company,
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Spare Parts Shortage for F-35 Fighters Degrading Readiness: GOA Report
December 5, 2017 @ 11:14 PMThe shortage of spare parts for the F-35 aircraft has degraded readiness. The aircraft were not able to fly about 22 per cent of the time in the past year due to shortage of spares, Government Accountability Office has stated in its latest report
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F-35 Fighter Jet Life Cycle Costs Increased, Not Fully Transparent: GOA Report
December 5, 2017 @ 10:43 PMThe US Department of Defense has taken actions to reduce F-35 fighter sustainment costs, but the estimated life cycle costs have increased and are not fully transparent to the military services, the Government Accountability Office has stated in its October 2017 report. According to the GAO report published October 30 this year, the services do not fully understand how the costs they are being charged by the F-35 program office are linked to the capabilities they are receiving
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Netherlands May Cancel Last Three F-35 Fighters Buy Due to High Dollar...
December 2, 2017 @ 02:30 AMThe Dutch Ministry of Defense may cancel the purchase of last three F-35 fighter jets due to high dollar rate. The MoD may not have enough money to buy the last three of the 37 fighter jets as the government plans to purchase, State Secretary Barbara Visser of Defense wrote in a letter to the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, ANP news wire reported Thursday
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Pratt and Whitney Wins $353 Million F-135 Propulsion System Sustainment Contract
December 1, 2017 @ 01:44 AMPratt and Whitney has won $353 million modification contract for performance based logistics sustainment in support of F-135 propulsion system supporting the F-35 joint strike fighter aircraft of the US defense forces and F-35 program partners and other customers. This modification provides for maintenance of support equipment, common program activities, unique and common base recurring sustainment, repair of repairable, field service representatives, common replenishment spares, conventional take-off and landing/carrier variant F-135 unique maintenance services, and short take-off and landing F-135 unique services, US department of defense said in a statement Thursday
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US, South Korea to Hold Drill with 230 aircraft, 12000 Personnel Next
November 25, 2017 @ 08:53 AMIn a clear attempt to intimidate North Korea, Washington and Seoul will hold one of its biggest ever air exercises involving 230 warplanes including F-22 Raptors and F-35s besides personnel from the US Marines and Korean forces. The US is planning to send six F-22 Raptor stealth fighters, three to four F-35A for the drill, South Korean military officials were quoted as saying by
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Japan, UK to Work on Improved Meteor Air-to-air Missile Development
November 24, 2017 @ 07:42 AMJapan and UK are likely to team up to build an improvised version of MBDA Meteor air-to-air missile. The weapon will incorporate radar system developed by Japans Mitsubishi Electri into European MBDAs Meteor missile
Saab Unveils All-New Giraffe AMB-D Air Defense Radar at Eurosatory 2026
European Countries Announce $4 Billion Arms Support for Ukraine
Iranian Pilots Recount Deception Operation in the Bombing of a U.S. Base...
Korean Hanwha’s Chunmoo Missiles to be Launched from Thales’ X-Fire Launchers
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