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Kuwait Orders Eight Airbus A330neo
Kuwait Airways, the national carrier of the state of Kuwait, has signed a Purchase Agreement (PA) for eight A330-800 aircraft. The agreement was signed by Yousef Al-Jassim, Kuwait Airways Chairman and

Most F-35s Return to Flight After Fuel Tube Checks
WASHINGTON --- After a fuel tube problem sidelined all operational F-35 aircraft last week, more than 80 percent of jets have been cleared to return to flight, the F-35 joint program office stated Mon

L3-Harris Merger May Signal Pentagon Demand is Approaching A Peak
This weekend's announcement that second-tier military contractors L3 Technologies and Harris are merging is the latest indication that sector executives are expecting domestic demand for military hard

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Kuwait Orders Eight Airbus A330neo
Kuwait Airways, the national carrier of the state of Kuwait, has signed a Purchase Agreement (PA) for eight A330-800 aircraft. The agreement was signed by Yousef Al-Jassim, Kuwait Airways Chairman and...

Most F-35s Return to Flight After Fuel Tube Checks
WASHINGTON --- After a fuel tube problem sidelined all operational F-35 aircraft last week, more than 80 percent of jets have been cleared to return to flight, the F-35 joint program office stated Mon...

L3-Harris Merger May Signal Pentagon Demand is Approaching A Peak
This weekend's announcement that second-tier military contractors L3 Technologies and Harris are merging is the latest indication that sector executives are expecting domestic demand for military hard...

UK Defence Budget Unlikely to Receive Big Increase
Amid warnings of emerging defence and security threats, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is thought to be pushing Her Majesty’s Treasury to stump up more cash for the Armed Forces. The Budget is ...

Kongsberg Wins Big Singapore Simulator Contract
KONGSBERG has landed its largest ever simulator contract in a SGD 21.2 million deal with the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs. The contract, executed by Kongsberg Digital Maritime Simulation, will s...

French Officials Discuss New Fighter Project in Switzerland
BERN --- On 15 October, a French delegation led by the director-general of Armaments, Joël Barre, mets the director-general of Swiss armaments, Martin Sonderegger. This first visit, which was also a c...

France Clears MMP Land Combat Missile for Desert Operations
From August 25 to September 22 2018 in Djibouti, the French Army Technical Service (STAT), the French DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement), with the support of MBDA, achieved the evaluation campaign...

No Change in S. Korea's Defense Commitment to NLL
SEOUL --- South Korea's military said Tuesday it remains firmly committed to the defense of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto sea border with North Korea. The two Koreas have long dispute...

Dstl Touts Role in UK’s Next-Gen Air Defense System
A new cutting-edge air defence missile system is on target for full-time use by both the Royal Navy and the British Army – with its innovation supported by experts from the Defence Science and Technol...

Dutch EMS Operator Signs for Six Airbus H135s
AMSTERDAM --- Airbus Helicopters and air rescue operator Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB, have signed a framework contract for up to six H135s with Helionix. Additionally, they have activated a first ba...

Russia Provides Information on Kh-101 Strike Missile
MOSCOW --- The Russian Ministry of Defense as provided data on its Kh-101 strike missile. Officials have uploaded several new videos to the internet. One video shows the installation of the Kh-101 mis...

UK MoD Releases Report Warning of Future Threats to UK
A new Ministry of Defence report that sets out the need to take action against the latest strategic threats to UK defence and security has been published today. The ‘Future Starts Today’ report ind...

The Polish Perspective on the EU’s New Defense Policy
A new paper of the PeSCo series: national perspective. Poland is a very interesting case study as it was one of the last countries to decide to join this initiative. Marcin Terlikowski from PISM ex...

Royal Canadian Navy Signs MOU with S Korean Fleet Command
The Royal Canadian Navy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic of Korea Fleet Command (South Korean Navy). The signing occurred on October 9, during a bilateral meeting with Republ...

Lyme Bay Arrives in Middle East for UK’s Biggest War Game Since 2001
Amphibious support ship RFA Lyme Bay has arrived in the Middle East ready to throw her weight behind the biggest war game Britain has held in the region in more than 15 years. The 16,000-tonne ship...

F-35 Makes Rolling Vertical Landing on HMS Queen Elisabeth
A revolutionary method of landing an F-35 Lightning fighter jet on a ship has been carried out for the first time on board the UK’s newest aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. British test pilot P...

Five British F-35Bs Need Fuel Tube Replacement
The Ministry Of Defence (MOD) has announced that five of the UK's 16 F-35B fighter jets require a replacement fuel tube after engine inspections. It comes after the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) ...

China Seeks Greater Self-Reliance in Science, Defense
Participants in a top-level meeting requested on Monday that important research and engineering programs adopt more domestically developed technologies and equipment to boost the nation’s capability i...

Thales Touts Maritime Intelligence from its Defense Cloud
A maritime surveillance mission is a not a pleasure cruise. Seeing water, sky, and sometimes clouds, is not enough. You need to see the unseen before they see you, and you need to know whether they ar...

Airbus A330 Tanker Enters French Air Force Service
Fifty-five years after the arrival of the first Boeing C135 tanker aircraft, the A330 Phoenix on Friday, October 12, took off from Istres air base on its first flight after having officially joined th...

ST Aerospace Logs S$590M Contracts In Third Quarter
SINGAPORE --- Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that its Aerospace sector secured new contracts worth about S$590m in the third quarter (3Q) of 2018 for services ...

GAO Calls for Enhanced Oversight of US Equipment in Afghanistan
Since the Resolute Support mission began in 2015, the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have improved some fundamental capabilities, such as high-level operational planning, but cont...

Israel Shipyards to Exhibit at Euronaval Show
Israel Shipyards Ltd. presents its advanced solutions for seaborne interdiction and prevention of terrorist and illegal activities for the military, law enforcement and HLS, at EURONAVAL 2018. Isra...

Elbit Describes Its Euronaval Exhibit
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems will showcase a range of maritime and naval solutions at the upcoming Euronaval exhibition (booth F-71). With a comprehensive naval portfolio comprised of unmanned s...

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