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Finnish Minister Clears Tender for Squadron 2020 Project
Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö authorised, on 13th June 2017, the Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command to send an invitation to negotiate and a preliminary invitation to tender to three supplier

Maiden Flight for First F-35 Fighter Assembled in Japan
MOSCOW --- The first F-35 fighter jet assembled in Japan completed its maiden flight, local media reported Tuesday. The aircraft's test flight from an airport in Japan's central Aichi prefecture to

China Says It’s Flown A Solar Drone In Near-Space
BEIJING --- China's Caihong (CH), or Rainbow, solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the country's first near-space solar drone, has successfully conducted a flight at an altitude of 20 km. T

JPO, Lockheed Play Fast and Loose with F-35 Costs
PARIS --- Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) have manipulated publicly-released cost figures to artificially lower the unit cost of the F-35 fighter, which are in fact dropping fa...

Finnish Minister Clears Tender for Squadron 2020 Project
Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö authorised, on 13th June 2017, the Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command to send an invitation to negotiate and a preliminary invitation to tender to three supplier...

Maiden Flight for First F-35 Fighter Assembled in Japan
MOSCOW --- The first F-35 fighter jet assembled in Japan completed its maiden flight, local media reported Tuesday. The aircraft's test flight from an airport in Japan's central Aichi prefecture to...

China Says It’s Flown A Solar Drone In Near-Space
BEIJING --- China's Caihong (CH), or Rainbow, solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the country's first near-space solar drone, has successfully conducted a flight at an altitude of 20 km. T...

Kawasaki Hamstrung By Government Stance On Military Exports
An executive at one of the country’s biggest defense companies has bemoaned government barriers to exporting military equipment, as changes to the law have failed to bring the bonus some expected for ...

Russia Reveals Some Details of Tu-160 Bomber Upgrade
MOSCOW --- Russia has launched R&D work to develop a defensive aids system for modernized Tupolev Tu-160M2 strategic bombers to shield them from all types of missiles, adviser to the first deputy CEO ...

Israel Grounds Apache Helos After Finding Rotor Blade Cracks
The Israeli Air Force grounded its fleet of Apache attack helicopters on Tuesday, after a crack was found in the posterior rotor blade of one of the aircraft earlier in the day, a military official sa...

German P-3C Goes Home After 3-Month Tour in Djibouti
Before EU NAVFOR’s German P-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) and its detachment of 85 personnel depart their current base in Djibouti to fly home to Germany later this week, For...

Bangladesh Signs Contract for Mi-171sh Helicopters
DHAKA --- The contract signing ceremony for procurement of 05xMi-171Sh military transport helicopters between Bangladesh Air force and Russia was held at Air Headquarters on 12 June 2017. Chief of ...

India Test-Fires Locally-Developed Nag Anti-Tank Missile
The Anti-Tank Guided Missile Nag was successfully flight tested today in the desert ranges of Rajasthan. The Fire and Forget 3rd generation ATGM Nag is incorporated with many advanced technologies inc...

DoD Needs Years to Correct Effects of Sequestration
WASHINGTON --- Even if Congress acts now to rid the Defense Department of looming sequestration spending cuts, it will take years of stable and higher budgets for DoD to dig out of the readiness hole,...

Kratos to Unveil Next-Gen Military Drones at Paris Air Show
SAN DIEGO --- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. today announced the company will officially unveil a new class of unmanned aerial systems that represent the future of air combat at the 2017 Pa...

GAO Slams Management of Ford-class Carrier Program
The cost estimate for the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, CVN 79, is not reliable and does not address lessons learned from the performance of the lead ship, CVN 78. As a result, the estimate does...

Navistar Wins $19M Order for Medium Tactical Vehicles for Iraq
LISLE, Ill. --- The U.S. Army recently awarded Navistar Defense, LLC a foreign military sales contract valued at $18.8 million to provide 115 International 7000-MV Medium Tactical Vehicles (MTV) to Ir...

Norway Opens Leonardo’s AW101 Training Centre
· The opening of the AW101 Norway Training Centre expands Leonardo’s network of regional training centres. · The facility houses a new AW101 Full Flight Simulator and other advanced training devices ...

Pentagon Must Address Five Key Mission Challenges: GAO
The Department of Defense (DOD) faces five key challenges that significantly affect the department's ability to accomplish its mission. These include the need to (1) rebalance forces and rebuild readi...

Leonardo At Paris Air Show Under New Management
-- A major focus at the show will be on the growing demand for security and protection: from surveillance, reconnaissance and intelligence drones to Space 4.0 -- Leonardo will exhibit the AW169, the...

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Australian Greens Call for Canceling F-35 Acquisition
Speech by Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam to the Senate; Canberra, July 14, 2017 I thank the minister. I also want to acknowledge Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, who made the reference on the...