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Chinese Arms Producers Race to Cope with Virus Outbreak
Chinese arms enterprises have been racing to keep up with their production schedule after resuming work following an extended Spring Festival holiday due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak w

New Setback for Boeing 737 Max as Debris Found in Fuel Tanks
Boeing grounded its Max series aircraft last year after deadly crashes were linked to faulty software. The company, however, remains optimistic that its fleet will receive the green light to go wheels

Kuwait Suspends Airbus H225M Deliveries Over Engine Issues
PARIS --- The Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense has suspended deliveries of Airbus H225M Caracal helicopters after the first two were delivered with unspecified engine problems, and has decided to set up a

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Chinese Arms Producers Race to Cope with Virus Outbreak
Chinese arms enterprises have been racing to keep up with their production schedule after resuming work following an extended Spring Festival holiday due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak w...

New Setback for Boeing 737 Max as Debris Found in Fuel Tanks
Boeing grounded its Max series aircraft last year after deadly crashes were linked to faulty software. The company, however, remains optimistic that its fleet will receive the green light to go wheels...

Kuwait Suspends Airbus H225M Deliveries Over Engine Issues
PARIS --- The Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense has suspended deliveries of Airbus H225M Caracal helicopters after the first two were delivered with unspecified engine problems, and has decided to set up a ...

Trump Blasts Proposed US Restrictions on Sale of Jet Parts to China
President Donald Trump objected on Tuesday to U.S. proposals that would prevent companies from supplying jet engines and other components to China's aviation industry and suggested he had instructed h...

Russia to Upgrade Kyrgyzstan's Air-Defense System
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov announced on February 11 that a modern air-defense system would be sent to the Russian military base in northern Kyrgyzstan. Although some questioned ...

Three Boeing Super Hornets Arrive in Finland for Final HX Evaluation
WASHINGTON --- Three Super Hornet aircraft arrived in Helsinki Tuesday as Boeing launched the flight evaluation phase for Finland’s HX fighter replacement program. A single-seat F/A-18E, a twin-sea...

Russia to Sign Contract to Upgrade Several Dozen Su-34 Bombers
MOSCOW --- Russia’s Defense Ministry plans to sign a new contract in the summer for the delivery of several dozen Sukhoi Su-34 frontline bombers to the Aerospace Force with their combat capabilities e...

Ariane 5 Launches Japanese, Korean Satellites
Satellites for two operators based in the Asia-Pacific region – Japan’s SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) – were successfully deployed to geostationary tra...

Longbow Wins $236M Order for Apache Radar Support
ORLANDO, Fla. --- The U.S. Army recently awarded LONGBOW Limited Liability Company (LBL), a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Corporation a five-year sustainment indefinite deliver...

Indian Navy Reviews Refit of Ships and Submarines
Indian Navy’s Annual Refit Conference (ARC) and Annual Infrastructure Conference (AIC) commenced at Headquarters Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam on 18 Feb 20. The two-day conference chaired b...

Australia Deploys P-8 Poseidon to Monitor North Korea
Australia is deploying a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol aircraft in support of the international effort to enforce United Nations Security Council sanctions on North Korea. ...

Russia MoD Aims to Restore Links with Italian Military
The Russian Defence Ministry pays special attention to the restoration of regular contacts with the leadership of the Italian military Department, as well as visits of warships and air units. This was...

U-2 Aircraft Fleet Completes Major Sensor Upgrade
PALMDALE, Calif. ---- The U.S. Air Force, Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies, and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works recently completed flight testing and deployment of the latest varia...

Smart Sea Gliders Improve US Navy Ocean Observation
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. --- Scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Ocean Sciences Division are optimizing the placement of ocean gliders and the usage of glider data to improve the N...

Two F-35 Wings Serve As Core Wings at Red Flag Exercise
Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing, alongside reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing, are currently deployed for combat training with the F-35A Lightning II here during Red Flag. They are also perf...

CRS Update on US Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle
The Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. In June 2018, in part due to congressional concerns, the Army announced a new modernization strategy a...

Visions for UK Strategic Command Outlined at Conference
Defence leaders have laid out their vision for the UK’s new Strategic Command, putting cyber security and new technologies at the heart of the military. At the inaugural Strategic Command Conferenc...

Canada, US Team to Test Extreme Cold Weather Airfield Repairs
Personnel from Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) and the US Department of Defense (DoD) joined forces in Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador from January 21 to February 4, 2020, to test C...

USAF Selects Boeing to Sustain Air Mobility Command
SAN DIEGO --- Boeing through its subsidiary Tapestry Solutions, announced it has secured a five-year U.S. Air Force recompete contract to sustain and modernize the Global Decision Support System, or G...

Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation Creates Commercial Aviation Division
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) forges corporate and business processes to form the Commercial Aviation Division. In accordance with the decision of the UAC’ Board of Directors, JSC “Sukhoi...

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