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F-35 Lightning II Airframe To Begin "Lifetime" Durability Testing
February 5, 2016 @ 10:14 AMA third phase of durability testing on an F-35 Lightning II airframe is due to begin at our Military Air & Information site in Brough, East Yorkshire. Each phase of testing, lasting a total of 8,000 hours, is equivalent to an entire lifetime of the airframe once it enters service
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Russia To Replace An-26 Transport Aircraft With Modified Il-112v
December 11, 2015 @ 11:10 AMRussian KRET will replace the An-26 transport aircraft with modified Il-112v. KRET will equip light military transport aircraft Il-112V with a strapdown inertial navigation system (SINS) to determine the location of an object in offline mode
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Turkey Grants France Airspace Access To Fight IS In Syria
December 4, 2015 @ 07:19 AMTurkey has granted access to its airspace to France to fight Islamic State (IS) militants. Turkey will allow the French jets to fly in its airspace on their way to attack IS militants, Turkish Hurriyet News daily reported Thursday
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Boeing Subsidiary Insitu To Build 8 ScanEagle UAVs For Afghanistan
November 26, 2015 @ 03:34 AMBoeing subsidiary Insitu Inc. has won a $70 million contract to build eight ScanEagle drones for the Afghanistan armed forces
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France Testing New Weapons In Anti-Islamic State Strikes
November 25, 2015 @ 03:50 PMFrance has tested new weapon loads, including GBU-12 laser guided bombs, on its fighter aircraft attacking Islamic State positions in Syria. French air force Dassault Mirage 2000N, which is being modified to carry four GBU-12 laser guided bombs, has taken off on a strike mission from its advanced air base in Jordan
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French Navy Tests Rafale’s RBE2 Radar From Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier
November 13, 2015 @ 11:49 AMThe French Navy has completed the test of Rafale's new RBE2 active electronically-scanned array (AESA) radar from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during combat missions over Iraq. The French Navy operated an AESA radar-equipped Rafale M F3 omnirole combat aircraft in the test during actual close air support (CAS) and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) combat missions over Iraq, Naval-Technology reported Thursday
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US Army Awards BAE Systems $245 Howitzer, Ammo Carrier Production Contract
November 1, 2015 @ 01:05 PMThe US Army has awarded BAE Systems a $245 million contract to complete the low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the M109A7 self-propelled howitzer and M992A3 ammunition carrier. “The success of this program is directly attributable to the partnership between the Army and BAE Systems,” said Adam Zarfoss, director of Artillery and Bradley programs at BAE Systems
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Lockheed Martin To Build 28 C-130 Hercules Air Transport Plane For USAF
October 27, 2015 @ 12:10 PMLockheed Martin has won a contract from the US Air Force to build 28 C-130 Hercules military air transport airplanes in fiscal years 2016 and 2017. The aircraft is expected to be complete, further the work on the contract will be completed by April 30,2017, the company announced Monday
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Czech Republic Buys Rheinmetall Mithras Illumination Rockets
October 6, 2015 @ 01:05 PMThe Czech military has placed an order with Rheinmetall for the handheld Mithras illumination rocket. The Germany based defence contractor will supply the Czech armed forces with an initial shipment of tens of thousands of Mithras rockets
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Lockheed Martin’s Digital Radar 'Space Fence' System Clears Design Review
September 29, 2015 @ 11:31 AMThe US Air Force has cleared the design review of Lockheed Martins Space Fence System that includes large-scale digital radar and turn-key facility. The Space Fence S-band radar system design will detect, track, and catalog orbital objects in space more than 1
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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...
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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...
