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Israel, U.S. Conduct Missile Test In Mediterranean
September 4, 2013 @ 08:41 AMIsrael and the United States tested a new air-defense system on Tuesday morning, launching a missile from deep in the Mediterranean Sea causing fear across Syria. The first test of the latest version of the so-called Sparrow target missile had been successful, with the missile following its planned trajectory toward the Israeli coast and the Arrow radar system detecting and tracking its path, Israels MoD was quoted by The New York Times
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Boeing Close To Be Chosen For $7.4 Billion F-X Program
September 3, 2013 @ 09:24 AMSouth Koreas multibillion-dollar Fighter program will see the final bidder picked by mid-September, and the candidate likely to be chosen is Boeings F-15, as its competitors have effectively been priced out of the contest. Lockheed Martin and Eurofighter, which vied for the US $7
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Russia To Postpone Fighter Jets Supply To Syria Over Payment Issue
September 2, 2013 @ 10:06 AMRussia will postpone the supply of 12 MiG-29M/M2 jets and the S-300 missile systems to Syria until 2016-2017 due to failed payments, according to the Kommersant newspaper. Initially six of 12 MiGs were expected to be shipped to Syria by the end of this year
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China's Fourth Generation Falcon Hawk Fighter Faces Intensive Flight Tests
August 30, 2013 @ 02:31 PMChina's fourth-generation stealth fighter, the J-31 "Falcon Hawk", has carried out more than three sets of trial flights since August at a rapidly increasing frequency, according to the People's Daily Online. Although similar to the fourth-generation stealth F-35 fighter, the J-31's overall aerodynamic design and stealth appearance is not so identical with J-20, which has a higher degree of exposure
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Middle Eastern Countries Plan CH-47 Chinook Purchase
August 30, 2013 @ 12:26 PMLibya, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar plans to purchase CH-47 Chinook helicopter in coming years, Boeing officials were quoted by Defense News. If deals being negotiated between Boeing and these three countries would eventually be finalized, projections are that at least 54 Chinooks would be shipped overseas, making up a good portion of the 168 Chinooks that foreign clients around the globe are considering buying in coming years
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Boeing's Advanced Super Hornet Demonstrates Stealth Capabilities
August 30, 2013 @ 08:31 AMBoeing has successfully demonstrated its Advanced Super Hornets stealth significance with radar improvements during the three weeks of testing with partner Northrop Grumman. The testing proved that the fighter can outperform threats for decades to come with improvements that make the jet much harder for radar to detect and give it significantly more combat range
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Manning Case: Why Did The Well-Equipped Apache Fire On Friendlies?
August 29, 2013 @ 01:00 PMBradley Manning, the 25-year old private first class from Oklahoma, who reportedly leaked over 750,000 classified Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, was found guilty of most of the charges against him including espionage, theft and fraud. Manning was detained in Iraq for suspicion of having leaked 39 minutes of classified cockpit gunsight footage from 2007 in 2010
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MBDA Successfully Tests Scalable Warhead Technology
August 27, 2013 @ 05:48 PMThe subsidiary of MBDA Deutschland successfully demonstrated a new effector technology with which armed forces can achieve scalable target-adapted effectiveness in a series of tests. The demonstration, which took place on the grounds of Bundeswehr Technical Centre 91 (WTD 91) in Meppen, used 100 kg of explosive in a Mk82 shell with a scalable warhead
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India May Import Two Submarines Following Sindhurakshak Fire
August 26, 2013 @ 12:59 PMIndia may import two submarines under the Project 75 (I) indigenous submarine building project to build six vessels, an RFP for which is expected in the next two-three months. An earlier plan to build all six in India with technical help from a foreign collaborator may be modified in the wake of the fire disaster aboard the INS Sindhurakshak last week which gutted the submarine killing and injuring several crew members
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Internal Strife Earns Egypt EU Defence Exports Suspension
August 23, 2013 @ 02:47 PMEuropean Union (EU) Nations have decided to suspend export licenses of military equipment and technology to Egypt which might be used for internal repression. The decision comes days after the U
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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...
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...