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Decisions Loom for Joint Strike Fighter Program, Support Remains High

January 19, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON --- Decisions about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F-22 Raptor aircraft programs are expected early in President-elect Barack Obamas administration.>> The F-35 program manager said yesterday he sees strong support for the F-35 from the services, allied partners and, so far, on Capitol Hill
DoD Revolving Door Improvements

January 19, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

Congress spoke (Sec. 847) and the Department of Defense (DoD) acted by putting out a revolving door interim rule for public comment
Defense Officials Switch Seabee Deployment from Kuwait to Afghanistan

January 19, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON --- Instead of deploying to Kuwait, about 500 Navy Seabees will deploy to Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said today.>> The Seabees are the 25th Naval Construction Regiment home-ported in Gulfport, Miss
Decisions Loom for Joint Strike Fighter Program, Support Remains High

January 19, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON --- Decisions about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F-22 Raptor aircraft programs are expected early in President-elect Barack Obamas administration.>> The F-35 program manager said yesterday he sees strong support for the F-35 from the services, allied partners and, so far, on Capitol Hill
DoD Revolving Door Improvements

January 19, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

Congress spoke (Sec. 847) and the Department of Defense (DoD) acted by putting out a revolving door interim rule for public comment
Defense Officials Switch Seabee Deployment from Kuwait to Afghanistan

January 19, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON --- Instead of deploying to Kuwait, about 500 Navy Seabees will deploy to Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said today.>> The Seabees are the 25th Naval Construction Regiment home-ported in Gulfport, Miss
General Underscores Commitment to Fielding Unmanned Aerial Systems

January 15, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON --- The Air Force is all in with regard to unmanned aerial systems, and the services leaders understand Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates direction to field the systems in the combat theater as fully and quickly as possible, the commander of 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern said Jan
Tranche 2 Deliveries

January 15, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

Whilst 2008 saw the start of Tranche 2 deliveries to nations - 16 aircraft delivered in total -, 2009 started with GS032 (Germany) delivered on Monday the 12th January and BS043 (UK) handed over today.>> Just to summarize, the first aircraft delivered to the nations were:>> -- BS040 (UK) on 10 October 2008 followed by SS012 (Spain) on 24 October and IS020 (Italy) on 13 November
Air Force Begins Airlift of Peacekeeping Equipment to Darfur

January 15, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

KIGALI, Rwanda --- The U.S
Is Gripen out of the Indian MMRCA competition?

January 15, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

Has the Indian Air Force (IAF) competition to buy 126 fighter aircraft had its first casualty? According to reports in an Indian newspaper, Financial Express, the Swedish fighter, which has had a string of international successes, including a recent one to supply fighters to the Thailand air force, has failed the technical evaluation of the IAF. It is now up to the Indian MoD which is conducting the procurement process, to decide whether it wants to call the Swedish fighter for field trials within the next few months

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