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Spain Formally Expresses Interest in Franco-German Stealth Fighter Jet Program
December 5, 2018 @ 01:37 AMSpain has formally expressed interest in joining French-German Next Generation Weapon System, or NGWS project. The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles has requested the Spanish incorporation be formalized through the signing of a Letter of Intentions (LoI) or a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
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Irkut Corp To Conduct Fatigue Tests of MC-21-300 Aircraft Fuselage
December 4, 2018 @ 10:53 AMIrkut Corporation has delivered the fuselage of the MC-21-300 aircraft to the Ramenskoye airfield (Zhukovsky) to conduct fatigue and operational tests of the fuselage. Life test of aircraft are conducted to confirm the design decisions in terms of fatigue strength and operational survivability
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Japan Buying Southern Island for US Carrier Aircraft Landing Practice
November 30, 2018 @ 11:01 AMThe Japanese government is close to buying an uninhabited island in the south-western Kagoshima Prefecture to allow United States forces to practice aircraft carrier landings. The government negotiators and Taston Airport Company, which owns the island, have reached a breakthrough on the issue of price, now set between 11 and 14 billion yen (US $97 million to $123 million),
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Iran, Malaysia Advance Interest in Pakistan's JF-17 Fighter Jet
November 29, 2018 @ 01:22 PMIranian and Malaysian defence officials visiting the IDEAS 2018 aerospace exhibition in Karachi have expressed interest in the JF-17 Thunder fighter jet made in Pakistan with Chinese technology. Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) General Qasem Soleimani visited the fighter aircraft at the exhibition, according to local media reports Thursday
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Russian Investigators Find Legal Violations in Defense Procurement by Roscosmos
November 28, 2018 @ 03:22 PMThe Russian Prosecutors have detected 1,700 systemic legal violations in the work of State Space Corporation, Roscosmos during the period between 2017 and first half of 2018. "Documents on the activities conducted by the previous management of Roscosmos had been reviewed
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Installation Record of AOA Sensor not in Lion Air Crash Investigation Report:...
November 28, 2018 @ 01:20 PMBoeing has commented that the Indonesia National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) preliminary report on the 737 MAX Lion Air Flight 610 crash does not include records as to the installation or calibration of the Angle of Attack (AOA) sensor, nor does the report indicate whether the sensor was new or refurbished. Boeing comment: Earlier today, the NTSC released its preliminary accident investigation report
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US Approves Sale of 46,000 M1A1 Abrams Tank Ammunition to Egypt for...
November 28, 2018 @ 02:38 AMThe United States Defense Security Cooperation Agency has approved sale of 46,000 M831A1 and M865 rounds and 10,000 APFSDS-T rounds to Egypt for an estimated cost of $201 million. The DSCA delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale Tuesday
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Japan Mulls Modifying Helicopter Carrier to Operate Fighter Jets, May order 100...
November 27, 2018 @ 02:09 PMJapan is considering the modification of its ‘Izumo helicopter carrier to be able to land and operate the F-35B short-take-off and vertical landing stealth fighter jets. It is also mulling to increase the order of its 42 F-35A land based stealth fighters to 100 which will include a mix of the F-35A and F-35B versions, local media and agencies reported today
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Lockheed Martin wins $79M to Provide Night Vision Sensor Systems for Apache...
November 27, 2018 @ 01:02 AMLockheed Martin was awarded a $79.3 million modification contract for night vision sensor systems, subcomponent production and technical services for the Apache attack helicopter
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China Displays Miniature Scale-models of New 30-ton Light Tank
November 26, 2018 @ 10:59 AMChina has displayed two scaled models of its new 30-ton-class Type 15 light tank at the National Museum of China. “The Type 15 is equipped with a 105-millimeter main gun capable of firing armor-piercing rounds and gun-launched missiles, making its firepower not much inferior to a heavier main battle tank, Wei Dongxu, a Beijing-based military analyst was quoted as saying by
U.S. Firms Turn to Ukraine for Drone Technology
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Spanish Navy’s S-82 ‘Narciso Monturiol’ Submarine Completes Key Electrical Test
Dutch Navy Frigate Fires Tomahawk Missile for First Time
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U