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Italy Cancels F-35 Ceremony After Bitter Parliament Debate
July 11, 2013 @ 02:49 PMFollowing a bitter debate in Italy's parliament to scrap the procurement of 90 F-35 jets, Lockheed Martin has called off a public ceremony marking the opening of an assembly plant for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The ruling coalition last month agreed to seek parliament's approval before going ahead with further spending on the program
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South Korea To Reexamine Taurus Missile, Global Hawk UAV Procurement
July 5, 2013 @ 02:50 PMThe Korean National Assembly has recommended that its government re-examine plan to buy European long-range air-to-ground missiles and high-altitude surveillance aircraft from the United States, citing too high price tags, according to the Korea Herald. The defense acquisition plan to buy Taurus missiles and Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles should be "reviewed again in a (future) parliamentary budget deliberation process
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Norway Sign $8.36 Million F-35 Deal
June 24, 2013 @ 04:46 PMNorway on 19 June signed its first contract with Lockheed Martin for work on the F-35 Lightning II. The contract, valued at $8
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Saab Considers Unmanned Gripen Development Plan
June 20, 2013 @ 09:39 AMSaab is considering a plan to develop an unmanned version of its next-generation JAS Gripen-E multirole fighter, Saab officials said. The company offcials has sets its sights on winning a series of medium-size international orders for about 300 manned Gripen-Es in the next 20 years
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UK Advances Complex Submarine Program
June 11, 2013 @ 02:32 PMThe UK Ministry of Defense announced today that the Successor submarine programme will deliver the replacement for the Vanguard fleet of nuclear submarines. The project has now exited the concept design phase with the broad configuration of the submarine and its systems now understood
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Russia Plans To Fulfil Iraqi Arms Deal
May 31, 2013 @ 08:59 AMRussia plans to start fulfilling its arms exports contract with Iraq upon receiving an advance payment, Russian Technologies CEO Sergei Chemezov announced. “The contract is being implemented, the production [of ordered equipment] has started,” Chemezov told RIA Novosti at the opening ceremony of a Russian grenade-launcher assembly facility in Jordan on Thursday
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Germany In Talks With Israel To Buy Predator, Heron Drones
May 29, 2013 @ 02:34 PMGermany is planning to buy a dozen military drones over the next few years, according to Spiegel. The report said that Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere plans on buying as many as 16 drones, with five to be operational by 2016
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Hungary To Replace Obsolete Helicopters With New Aircraft
May 23, 2013 @ 02:36 PMThe Hungarian government has decided to buy new airlifts and helicopters to “generate the national rotary-wing capability, which means the creation of an economically operated and modern fleet meeting the challenges of the 21st century,” Minister of Defence Csaba Hende was quoted as saying. At a press conference, Minister Hende said that they had reached a four-party consensus and complete agreement on the key issues on the agenda
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Iraq Reopens Russian Weapons Deal Probe
May 22, 2013 @ 02:19 PMIraq's Central Criminal Court has recommenced a probe into officials suspected of corruption in a $4.2 billion deal to purchase Russian weapons, according to a senior Iraqi official
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U.S To Reposition Marine Base Amid Libyan Unrest
May 17, 2013 @ 10:45 AMThe United States will transfer 200 Marines and two planes to its base at Sigonella, Sicily to be deployed in Libya in case US diplomats come under attack, Italian officials announced today. Addressing the Parliament, Italys Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said the transfer is due to with bilateral agreements between Italy and the U
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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...