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March 11, 2016  

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Russia Offers UAE’s Mubadala a 25% Equity Stake in Helicopter Maker
MOSCOW --- Russian state corporation Rostec and officials of the government are in talks with the Mubadala foundation from the United Arab Emirates about selling the stake in the Russian Helicopters,

Boeing Upbeat As US Ratchets Up F-35 Pressure On Canada
The U.S. deputy secretary of defence says he'd like the Canadian government to make up its mind, one way or the other, whether it will replace its aging CF-18 fleet with Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter

Indian AF Chief Bemoans Fighter Shortage, Warns of Consequences
In a candid admission, the IAF said that given its depleting strength, it does not have the adequate numbers to "fully execute" an air campaign in case of a two-front war involving Pakistan and China

 


The SeaRAM was installed aboard USS Porter in response to a formal Urgent Operational Need for forward-deployed naval forces in Europe; four DDGs deployed in Europe will receive the Mk 15 SeaRAM with enhanced-capability Block 2 missiles. (USN photo)
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    Russia Offers UAE’s Mubadala a 25% Equity Stake in Helicopter Maker
    MOSCOW --- Russian state corporation Rostec and officials of the government are in talks with the Mubadala foundation from the United Arab Emirates about selling the stake in the Russian Helicopters, ...

    Boeing Upbeat As US Ratchets Up F-35 Pressure On Canada
    The U.S. deputy secretary of defence says he'd like the Canadian government to make up its mind, one way or the other, whether it will replace its aging CF-18 fleet with Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter...

    Indian AF Chief Bemoans Fighter Shortage, Warns of Consequences
    In a candid admission, the IAF said that given its depleting strength, it does not have the adequate numbers to "fully execute" an air campaign in case of a two-front war involving Pakistan and China ...

    US Deploys More Patriot PAC-3s to Korea, THAAD May Follow
    In response to North Korea's 4th nuclear test and its firing of a long-range missile, the US additionally deployed ballistic missile defense assets in the Korean Peninsula. Commander of the Eighth ...

    US Confirms B-2 Deployment to Far East
    J PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --- Three B-2 Spirits deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, to the U.S. Pacific Command area of operations March 8. While in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, the B-2s will i...

    Australian Defense Chiefs Rebut White Paper “Myths”
    Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin held a round-table meeting with members of the Australian media on 1 March to discuss future capabilities outlined in the 2016 Defence White P...

    Rheinmetall Wins €225M European Order for Ordnance
    A European procurement agency has awarded Rheinmetall a major order for ordnance. Worth up to €225million, the multi-year contract encompasses the development, qualification and production of moder...

    US General Says ISIL Contained, Taliban Fracturing In Afghanistan
    WASHINGTON --- Fighters affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are contained to one district in Afghanistan and the Taliban is fracturing into separate groups, the deputy chief of st...

    F-35 JPO Chief Expects Savings After Pratt's B-21 Bomber Win
    WASHINGTON ---The selection of Pratt & Whitney to build the engines for the new Northrop Grumman Corp B-21 bomber should help Pratt lower the cost of its F135 engines that power the Lockheed Martin Co...

    Saab Wins Swedish Order for Gripen Maintenance Support
    Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) to perform support and maintenance for Gripen during 2016 on behalf of the Swedish Armed ...

    USS Porter Conducts First SeaRAM Firing from DDG
    ATLANTIC OCEAN --- Sailors of USS Porter (DDG 78), a guided-missile destroyer stationed in Rota, Spain, successfully completed a live-fire test from a SeaRAM missile system March 4. SeaRAM, which r...

    GD Wins £175M to Upgrade UK’s Bowman Military Communications
    Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced a new contract to provide enhanced communications kit to the UK Armed Forces. The £175 million investment, awarded primarily to General Dynamics UK (G...

    BAE to Support US Navy Communications and Electronics
    The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) has awarded BAE Systems a two-year contract to support NAWCAD’s Special Communications Mission Solutions Division with a range of technical serv...

    US Approves $96M Sale of 36 AMRAAM Missiles to Indonesia
    WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Indonesia for AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), equipment, trai...

    Airbus Plans Output Increase As Order Boom Declines
    NEWTOWN, Conn. --- For the third year running, Airbus won the orders race, picking up 1,080 new orders compared to Boeing's 768. However, Boeing continues to outpace Airbus in terms of production, del...

    India Launches Sixth Navigation Satellite IRNSS-1F
    In its thirty fourth flight, ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C32, successfully launched the 1,425 kg IRNSS-1F, the sixth satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS...

    L-3 Wins Depot-Level Maintenance for US Navy Legacy Hornets
    NEW YORK --- L-3 Communications announced today that it has been awarded a contract to provide Depot-Level Maintenance (DLM) for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 A/B/C/D fleet. The F/A-18 DLM contract provid...

    GAO Finds “Guaranteed Taxpayer Ripoff” In Some Naval Contracts
    You buy a new car. Days later, you receive a notice from the manufacturer recalling the car due to a defect. It would be ridiculous to pay the manufacturer again to fix the defect, wouldn’t it? Tha...

    France Receives Final SAMP/T Mamba Air-Defense System
    On 25 February 2016, the OCCAR-EA FSAF–PAAMS Programme Division accepted delivery of the final French “SAMP/T” system and subsequently transferred it to the French Air Force Ground Based Air Defense G...

    F-22 Passes 10-Year IOC Milestone
    The F-22 Raptor, a military fighter jet with a history of adapting to changing mission needs, passed a significant milestone this past December with its 10-year anniversary of Initial Operational Capa...

    RAN Details Frigate’s Anti-Ship Missile Defense Upgrade
    HMAS Parramatta, the fifth Anzac class frigate built for Australia and the sixth to enter the Anti-Ship Missile Defence Upgrade programme has commenced preparations to undock in mid-April. While t...

    British Army Brigade Prepares for Spearhead Role
    20th Armoured Infantry Brigade are preparing for their Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) role in 2017. In a post-Afghanistan era, NATO troops are moving away from the multi-year deploymen...

    A Photo Album of Chinese Mobile Missiles
    The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force is equipped with different types of missiles including nuclear missiles, ordinary missiles, and even intercontinental missiles. Let's take a look at a s...

    61% of US Voters Favor Cutting Defense Budget, But Politicians Disagree
    Both the Obama administration and Congress are pushing for higher spending on the military next year, as are most of the presidential candidates. But most American voters have a different opinion, pre...

    Italian Eurofighter EF-2000 Makes Red Flag Debut
    Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons have this week made their first appearance at one of the world’s best-known military exercises. Exercise Red Flag, at the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, is ...

    Rushed Analysis Compromised US Defense Weather Satellites
    The Department of Defense (DOD) conducted an analysis of alternatives (AOA) to identify and compare potential solutions to the department’s need for space-based environmental monitoring (SBEM) capabil...

    Pratt Adopts US Transportation Command to Ship F-35 Engine Parts
    Pratt & Whitney and the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) successfully completed their first shipment of a F135 fan module, which arrived at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on...

    British and US Troops Collaborate In Technology Experiments
    FORT BENNING, Ga. --- The British 3rd Battalion, The Rifles, of the United Kingdom, and Soldiers of A Company, 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment (Experimentation Force), partnered with the Maneuve...

    Indian Air Force Details Upcoming Firepower Demonstration
    The Indian Air Force of today has evolved into a capable force to reckon with. From the days of flying vintage aircraft like the Tiger Moth and the Harvard, the Indian Air Force has transformed itself...

    Israeli AF’s Aermacchi M-346s Fight ‘Air Battle’ Against F-16s
    Their aircraft may belong to the instruction world and not to the combat world and their "Flight Wings" may be newer, but the "Flying Tiger" Squadron didn't step down and went to battle. The aircrews ...

    Pentagon Opens All Military Jobs to Women
    WASHINGTON --- `After “exceptional work,” the U.S. military is authorized to begin integrating women across all occupations and specialties “right away,” according to a Defense Department statement re...

    Should State Dept Compete DynCorp’s Aviation Support Contract?
    The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan put tremendous pressure on U.S. government contracting. The deployment of large numbers of U.S. and coalition troops to Iraq, Afghanistan and surrounding countrie...

    Airbus to Market Employee’s Innovative Cable Tie Solution
    A patented, paper-based Airbus solution that improves the process for installing cables and wires throughout an aircraft is now going global, underscoring the company’s continuing role as an innovatio...

    US State Governors and Aerospace Industry Sign Partnership
    ARLINGTON, Va. --- The Aerospace States Association (ASA) an association of state Lt. Governors and the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) representing aerospace manufacturers have signed a histor...

    KMW Expands Its South American Center In Brazil
    SANTA MARIA, Brazil --- In the presence of high-ranking political and military guests, Frank Haun, CEO of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, has performed the opening of the new building complex at KMW do Brasil ...


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