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Taiwan To Buy Jet Engines From Honeywell For Indigenous Jet Trainer Program
August 8, 2017 @ 07:18 AMTaiwanese lawmakers visiting the US last week reached a deal to buy jet engines from Honeywell. The Legislative Yuan Foreign and National Defense Committees bipartisan delegation visited International Turbine Engine Co (ITEC) to discuss the purchase of jet engines for Taiwans indigenous high-performance trainer jet program
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Germany's SPD Wants European Army, No To Trump's NATO spending Hike Plan
August 7, 2017 @ 04:57 PMGermany's Social Democrats (SPD) on Sunday rejected NATO's target of spending 2 percent of national output on defense. The party leaders also accused German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the other conservatives that they are bending down to the demands of US President Donald Trump,
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North Korea to Face Severe Economic Turmoil Following Fresh UN Sanctions
August 7, 2017 @ 09:38 AMThe UN Security Council resolution to block a third of North Koreas exports in the form of coal, mineral and manpower will dry up its main source of its foreign exchange and starve most of its labor-intensive industries. "Through the resolution, the Council (UN Security Council) had taken a strong and united step, increasing the penalty of that countrys ballistic missile activity to a whole new level
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US Navy Suspends Search For Sailor After 79 Hours
August 5, 2017 @ 08:38 AMThe US Navy has called out its search operation for a sailor assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG-3) after he went missing on August 1 in the South China Sea. The US Navy destroyer was accompanied by Military Sealift Command ships USNS Vice Adm
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Eurofighter, F-35 To Form UK air combat capability 'Spear Point': Minister
August 4, 2017 @ 03:33 PMThe Eurofighter Typhoon will form the 'spear point' of the UKs future combat air defence capability alongside the F-35 Lightning, Harriett Baldwin, the UK Minister for Defence Procurement has said. “We see Typhoon as very much strengthening UK defence and the first quality I would highlight is its reliability; it has an engine that goes over 1,000 flying hours without needing unscheduled maintenance,” Harriett Baldwin MP, the UK Minister for Defence Procurement, was quoted as saying by BAE Systems Thursday
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Boeing Wins $409M USAF Contract For Next-Gen Innovative Tech
August 4, 2017 @ 05:10 AMBoeing has been awarded $409 million contract for next-generation thermal, power, and controls (NGT-PAC). This contract for the NGT-PAC program is a multiple government agency and industry joint effort to develop revolutionary and innovative technologies and to conduct applied research for increased knowledge and understanding of future power, thermal and controls requirements
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Rockwell Collins To Provide ARINC Support As Part of US Army’s $37.4B...
August 4, 2017 @ 04:32 AMRockwell Collins will be providing its ARINC knowledge-based support services as part of a five year, $37.4 billion Command, Control, Communications, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Responsive Strategic Sources for Services (RS3) contract awarded by the US Army
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Airbus Perlan Glider Reaches New Heights, Searching Evidence On Climate Change
August 3, 2017 @ 05:08 PMThe Airbus Perlan Mission II glider has attained its highest ever altitude, rising to 32,500 feet during test flights in southern Argentina. Now in its second season of testing near the Patagonian city of El Calafate, the Perlan 2 team is focusing to eclipse the current world gliding altitude record of 50,727 feet, which milestone was set in 2006 by Einar Enevoldsen and the late Steve Fossett, flying the Perlan 1 glider
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Prosecutors Suspect Korean Aerospace Of Fudging Financial Records In Iraqi FA-50 Aircraft...
August 3, 2017 @ 04:56 PMProsecutors in South Korea have launched an investigation into suspicions of accounting fraud at Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI), with its top executives already under probe for cost manipulation and slush funds
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Romania Approves $11.3B Spending Plans on Defense in Next Decade
August 2, 2017 @ 04:34 AMRomanias defense council has approved $11.3 billion (9
Civilians Loot Weapons from Turkish Ship Seized by Breakaway Somali State,
India's L&T Delivers First Set of Wing Assemblies for LCA Mk1A Fighter...
Portugal Adds Third KC-390 Airlifter to Fleet as A-29N Super Tucano Begins...
Australia Delivers First Batch of M1A1 Abrams Tanks to Ukraine
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
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...