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Korea to Accelerate $ 7.5 billion fighter Procurement, Final Selection in June
May 31, 2013 @ 12:24 PMSouth Koreas Defense Acquisition and Procurement Agency (DAPA) Thursday said that bidding process for the $7.5 billion next-generation fighter procurement project will begin at the start of June instead of midway through the month
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KAI Orders FA-50 Aircraft Worth $1 Billion
May 7, 2013 @ 02:18 PMKorea Aerospace Industries announced today that the company has been concluded a contract to mass producing the FA-50 worth $1 billion from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration. In accordance with the contract, subsequent to the first mass production contract which was signed on 2011, KAI plans to deploy the aircraft (first production portion) for preparing for the actual battle beginning in August and seek its entire force integration until 2016
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State Trials Of Russian T-50 Fighter Aircraft To Begin In 2014
April 23, 2013 @ 10:52 AMRussia will begin state-run flight tests of its fifth T-50 fighter aircraft next year, according to United Aircraft Corporation's President Mikhail Pogosyan. “In 2013 we are expected to wrap up its preliminary tests and start operational testing
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Russian Air Force To Flight Test T-50 Fighter Aircraft In 2013
December 24, 2012 @ 12:00 AMRussia will begin flight testing the T-50, fifth-generation stealth jet fighter, in March 2013, according to a senior military official. Currently three fighter jets are performing test flights at the Zhukovsky airfield outside Moscow, the fourth plane is undergoing factory test trials and the fifth plane is in the process of factory approvals, Air Force Commander, Lt
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Sukhoi T-50 Prototype Flies For The First Time In 40 Minute Sortie
December 12, 2012 @ 12:00 AMRussian aircraft-maker Sukhoi has announced today that its fourth prototype Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter jet took to the skies for the first time in a 40 minute flight. "The fourth prototype PAK-FA made its first flight today from the Gagarin factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur," Sukhoi said
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Royal Air Force Gets Second F-35B Lightning II Aircraft
October 29, 2012 @ 12:00 AMBritain’s Royal Air Force has taken delivery of the second British F-35B Lightning II. The aircraft joins the nine A variants of the joint strike fighter flown by the Air Force and the 11 B variants flown by the Marine Corps to become the largest fleet of F-35s in the world with 22 jets
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India To Cut Down Stealth Fighter Order
October 18, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIndia’s Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne has announced that the country will be cutting its order for the fifth-generation stealth fighter being developed jointly with Russia by a third. In 2011, the two countries signed an agreement to jointly build the aircraft
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F-35B JSF Conducts First Air-To-Air Refuelling
October 12, 2012 @ 12:00 AMF-35B Joint Strike Fighters with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 from Eglin conducted the first air-to-air refuel of an operational aircraft in the program’s history. Previous aerial refueling operations with the F-35 had been conducted with test aircraft
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India Will Export Sukhoi T-50 Jets From 2020, Says Russian Defense Minister
October 10, 2012 @ 12:00 AMRussian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on Wednesday announced that India will begin production of an export variant of the Sukhoi's T-50 stealth fighter from 2020, while on a state visit to New Delhi. "The technical characteristics have been confirmed to our (Russia and India) defense ministries
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Sukhoi T-50 Fifth Generation Stealth Fighter Completes Flight Refueling Approach Trials
August 21, 2012 @ 12:00 AMRussian fighter maker Sukhoi announced on Tuesday that its T-50 fifth-generation stealth fighter has completed initial approach trials to a flight refueling aircraft. The NII Tikhomirova radar will allow T-50 to attack targets at long-range in simultaneous air to air and air to surface modes and simultaneously attack several targets at once with precision-guided weapons
Ukraine Faces $5B Shortfall in Military Budget Amid Growing War Costs
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Indian Army Kills Three Terrorists in Kashmir's Shopian as Operation Keller Intensifies
South Korea to Assess K9, Cheonmu, Cheonma Weapon Systems for Upgrades
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...
