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Lockheed Martin Wins $74 Million Contract For Six Japanese F-35s

April 23, 2016 @ 09:27 AM

Lockheed Martin has won a $74 million worth US Navy contract to maintain the planned production schedule for six F-35A Lightning II aircraft for the government of Japan. “Lockheed Martin Corp
IS Shoots Down Syrian MiG-23 Jet, Pilot Under Captivity

April 23, 2016 @ 09:11 AM

The Islamic State (IS) terrorists have reportedly brought down a Syrian MiG-23 fighter plane in the east Damascus countryside on Friday morning, according to the reports by the jihadists media agency Al-Amaq News. The pilot was reportedly found alive after landing and has been captured by the IS, the agency claimed, according to Reuters
Japan Flight-Tests Stealth Fighter Jet For First Time

April 22, 2016 @ 12:57 PM

Japan has successfully flight tested its fight generation fighter jet, the defense ministry said Friday. The X-2 plane took off from Nagoya Airfield, Komaki Airport in Aichi Prefecture at around 08:50 a
Florida Woman Charged For Illegal Export Of Drone Tech To Chinese Research...

April 22, 2016 @ 09:36 AM

The US Federal court has charged a Florida woman with conspiring to illegally export US underwater drone technology to a Chinese state-owned industry. A 53-year-old Amin Yu, a Chinese citizen living in the US as a permanent resident, is reportedly to have conspired from 2002 until February 2014 to obtain systems and components used in marine submersible drones along with other co-conspirators at Harbin Engineering University in China, Sputnik reported
Finmeccanica Team Up With Global Komited To Promote AW159 Helicopters In Malaysia

April 22, 2016 @ 09:18 AM

Global Komited Sdn Bhd signed a teaming agreement with Finmeccanica for the promotion, marketing and distribution of AW159 naval helicopters to the Malaysian government at Defence Services Asia Exhibition & Conference (DSA) 2016 on Wednesday. This partnership sets out to fulfill Royal Malaysian Navys Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) requirements, leveraging on Global Komiteds capabilities and reputation regionally as a defense contracting and engineering company along with the AW159s established credentials as the best medium ASW helicopter in the world
Swiss Government Approves $184 Million Worth Middle Eastern Arms Deals

April 21, 2016 @ 09:38 AM

Swizerlands government has approved some Middle Eastern arms deals which were previously blocked in response to the rising military conflict in Yemen, the local media reported Wednesday. With approved deal amounting to some 178 million Swiss francs ($184 million), the government allowed the sale of air defense system, military aircraft and artillery spare parts and other defensive equipment that cannot be used in ground combat in Yemen, Sputnik reported citing the Telebasel television broadcaster report
Contracts Worth US$ 745 Million Announced At DSA 2016

April 20, 2016 @ 11:18 AM

Malaysias Defense Ministry has announced eight defense contracts worth RM2.8 billion (US$716 million), four Letters of Acceptance (LOA) worth RM114 Million (US$ 29 million), two Letters of Intent and a Letter of Instruction during the ongoing Defence Services Asia (DSA) Exhibition and Conference
China Sentences Computer Engineer To Death For Spying: State Media

April 20, 2016 @ 09:44 AM

A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for leaking more than 150,000 classified documents to an unidentified foreign spy agency between 2002 and 2011, the local media reported Tuesday. Huang Yu, 48, was paid a total of US$700,000 for the information, Shanghai Daily reported citing a report by China Central Television
Sagem, OIS-AT To Co-Produce AASM Hammer In India

April 19, 2016 @ 10:09 AM

Sagem (Safran) has selected OIS Advanced Technology (OIS-AT) as the Indian Manufacturer of its AASM Hammer Bomb Guidance and Glide Kit. Under the agreement, the two companies have entered into Joint Venture collaboration for manufacturing the weapon system in India
Aurora Demos Subscale X-Plane Aircraft For DARPA VTOL Program

April 19, 2016 @ 09:23 AM

Aurora Flight Sciences has successfully demonstrated its LightningStrike, Vertical Take-off and Landing Experimental Plane (VTOL x-plane) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) at a US military facility. The flight of the subscale aircraft met an important DARPA risk reduction requirement, focusing on validation of the aerodynamic design and flight control system

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