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Fokker To Provide Service To Dutch Air Force Aircraft Fleet
March 8, 2017 @ 12:05 PMGKN Aerospaces Fokker business and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) have signed a multi-million Euro total support agreement for a five-year period, covering standard parts supply and services for all of the RNLAFs aircraft, helicopters and multiple support systems. After the five year period the contract can be extended twice with a period of one year
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Saab To Provide Airborne Swing Role Surveillance System To UAE: IDEX 2017
February 21, 2017 @ 11:19 AMThe UAE Armed Forces has signed a deal worth Dh865 million (US $235 million) with Saab to buy a new airborne G6000 SRSS (Swing Role Surveillance System) aircraft. The contract also includes providing additional supply of spare parts for ground hardware and perishable materials
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China’s ATR-72 Competitor, MA700 Turboprop Aircraft Passes Initial Design Review
February 7, 2017 @ 09:25 AMThe Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) developed MA700 turboprop aircraft designed for operation of short-haul regional routes has passed its initial design review. The MA700 aircraft is touted as a competitor to the ATR-72 and the Bombardier Q400 both of which are the worlds preferred turboprop airplanes for short-haul routes for up to 70 passengers
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First Of Three Australian Navy Warfare Destroyer HMAS Hobart Final Sea Acceptance...
January 30, 2017 @ 09:49 AMAustralias first of three next-generation destroyers has embarked on its final round of advanced sea trials off the South Australian coast. Hobart began its Sea Acceptance Trials this morning, the last major phase of testing before it is delivered to the Commonwealth later this year
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Libyan Army Commander Signs $2 Billion Arms Deal With Russia Despite UN
January 17, 2017 @ 01:14 PMThe Eastern Libyan commanders of Operation Dignity forces, Khalifa Haftar has signed a $2 billion arms deal with Russian government despite sanctions from the United Nations. Al-Ghoul told Al-Arab on Monday that the visit of Haftar to the Russian aircraft carrier off Tobruk port saw the two parties signing a deal that would allow Haftar to reactivate the contracts of the former Libyan army of Muamar Gaddafi with Russia,
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Indian Sub Info Leak Came from Australian Senator’s Office: Sydney Newspaper
December 13, 2016 @ 03:06 PMThe leak of sensitive information about the Indian Scorpene submarines program was done from an office in Adelaide which is believed to be South Australian crossbench senator Nick Xenophons electorate office, an Australian newspaper reports. Former submariner turned political staffer Rex Patrick, an adviser to Xenophon, has been identified as the source of information for a front page newspaper story in August that triggered an international furore that embarrassed India and the French government-owned submarine builder DCNS, Sydney Morning Herald reports quoting an investigation done by Fairfax Media
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General Dynamics To Continue Providing Arleigh Burke-class Support Services For US Navy
December 9, 2016 @ 05:23 AMGeneral Dynamics Bath Iron Works has won a $59 million contract from US Navy for the continuation of Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Lead Yard Services and Flight III Upgrade design efforts. This contract extends the services for engineering, technical support, special studies and Flight III design work for Arleigh Burke-class ships through December 2017
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Russian Combat Jets To Operate From Syria Airbase Following Carrier Landing Malfunction
December 6, 2016 @ 10:59 AMRussia will transfer aircraft stationed aboard the Admiral Kuznetsov carrier to the Syrian Hmeymim airbase until the carrier landing malfunction is resolved. "I believe that theyll be doing their utmost to fix this problem
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Russian Navy’s Su-33 Multi-role Aircraft Crashes During Flight Operations
December 5, 2016 @ 11:00 AMRussian Navys Su-33 carrier-based multi-role aircraft has crashed during flight operations from Admiral Kuznetsov Saturday. According to the report, the combat plane crashed at its second attempt to land on the aircraft carrier in good weather conditions (visibility +10 kilometers, Sea State 4, wind at 12 knots): it seems that it missed the wires and failed to go around falling short of the bow of the warship, unnamed military sources were quoted as saying by
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US Navy Completes Weapons Load Testing For F-35B Lightning II Fighter Aircraft...
November 22, 2016 @ 12:24 PMThe US Navy completed the Weapons load testing for F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) last week. The Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 embarked America Oct
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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