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Dassault Won’t Bid to Replace Canada’s CF-18 Hornet Fighters
OTTAWA --– The long effort to replace Canada’s aging fighter jets took another surprise twist on Tuesday, as multiple sources revealed that French fighter-jet maker Dassault is pulling out of the mult

USAF Cancels, Will Re-Bid Boeing Radar Upgrade Contract
The Air Force terminated a Boeing Co. contract to update the radar on its flagship Awacs surveillance aircraft after the company encountered major delays in developing hardware and software, according

Romania’s IAR Ghimbav to Produce Airbus H215M Helicopter
Airbus and IAR Ghimbav signed on November 6, 2018 the final 15-year exclusive contract, a document whose principles had been established by the initial agreement in August 2017 signed in Bucharest, in

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Dassault Won’t Bid to Replace Canada’s CF-18 Hornet Fighters
OTTAWA --– The long effort to replace Canada’s aging fighter jets took another surprise twist on Tuesday, as multiple sources revealed that French fighter-jet maker Dassault is pulling out of the mult...

USAF Cancels, Will Re-Bid Boeing Radar Upgrade Contract
The Air Force terminated a Boeing Co. contract to update the radar on its flagship Awacs surveillance aircraft after the company encountered major delays in developing hardware and software, according...

Romania’s IAR Ghimbav to Produce Airbus H215M Helicopter
Airbus and IAR Ghimbav signed on November 6, 2018 the final 15-year exclusive contract, a document whose principles had been established by the initial agreement in August 2017 signed in Bucharest, in...

J-20 and J-10B Fighters Dazzle Spectators at China Airshow
A pair of Chinese fighter jets - the J-20 stealth fighter and a thrust-vectoring J-10B demonstrator aircraft - put on an impressive demonstration at Airshow China 2018 on Tuesday, confirming that the ...

Chinese Military Hardware Attracts International Attention At Air Show
Chinese military and aeronautic equipment exhibited at the air show in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province, has increasingly attracted attention from international buyers. The 12th China Inter...

GE, Rolls Royce Finalists to Power Chinese-Russian CR929 Airliner
ZHUHAI, China --- General Electric and Rolls Royce are the two finalists to supply engines for a new long-haul jet developed by a Russian-Chinese joint venture that aims eventually to switch to a Sino...

Ingalls Wins $197M for First Columbia-Class SSBN
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. --- Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $197 million modification to a previously awarded contract from Gener...

Philippine Navy Begins Flight-Testing AW-159 Helicopters
MANILA --- Initial test flights for the Philippine Navy’s (PN) first anti-submarine warfare AgustaWestland AW-159 helicopter has begun in the United Kingdom. "As confirmed by the Commander Naval Ai...

Russia Delivers Two Mi-172 Helos to Equatorial Guinea
ZHUHAI, China --- As part of the contract with the government of Equatorial Guinea, Russian Helicopters holding company produced and transferred to the customer two Mi-172 helicopters manufactured at ...

388th Fighter Wing Completes F-35 Combat Exercise
HILL AFB, Utah --- The 388th Fighter Wing’s 4th Fighter Squadron and 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit recently completed a combat exercise where they tested and evaluated their capabilities to operate th...

First A330-800 Successfully Completes Maiden Flight
TOULOUSE, France --- The first A330-800 development aircraft to fly, MSN1888, has landed at Toulouse-Blagnac, France at 2:35pm local time after successfully completing its first flight which lasted fo...

Finnish Air Force Sustains Allied Aircraft
During Trident Juncture 18, Lapland Air Command has provided host nation support to the Belgian and U.S. air force units deployed to Rovaniemi Air Base. Correspondingly, Finnish F/A-18s deployed to Ör...

GKN Aerospace in China JV for Advanced Aerostructures
At the Zhuhai Air Show GKN Aerospace, COMAC subsidiary SAMC (Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Company) and AVIC International (Aviation Industry Corporation of China) have today signed a Framework Agre...

Northrop Grumman Set to Launch Pegasus XL Rocket
DULLES, Va. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation announced it is prepared to launch the company’s air-launched Pegasus XL rocket aboard its Stargazer L-1011 airplane from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ...

A400M Reaches 10,000 Development Flight Hours
Airbus’ military flight test team has just passed a remarkable milestone in the lengthy campaign to qualify the full range of capabilities of the pioneering A400M airlifter Just short of nine years...

Nordic Defence Ministers to Meet In Oslo
The security challenges in our surrounding areas and the further development of our defence cooperation is on the agenda when the Northern European defence ministers meet in Oslo 13-14th of November. ...

Swedish Navy Steps Up to Plate In Trident Juncture
Now that the naval force has spent a week in joint build-up exercises according to a predetermined schedule, it is time to enter the next phase of the Trident Juncture exercise. A phase based on a fic...

Armaments Standardization: EU Approaches and How to Improve It
The standardisation of armaments has been a long-standing focus of EU efforts to enhance the Union’s military effectiveness, to improve capability development and to support the competitiveness of the...

Modernisation Increases Kazakh Defence Industry Productivity
ASTANA --- The Kazakh defence industry has grown steadily as a result of modernisation and management changes, the Ministry of Defence and Aerospace Industry press service reported Oct. 25. In the ...

Safran Inaugurates Ceramic Matrix Composites Research Center
Safran Ceramics, a research center for ceramic matrix composites (CMC) located in the heart of Bordeaux Aeroparc, was inaugurated today in a ceremony attended by Alain Rousset, President of the Nouvel...

Russia to Exhibit Equipment for All Services at Indo Defense Show
Rosoboronexport, a member of Rostec, is setting up a joint Russian exposition at Indo Defense 2018 to take place at Jakarta International Expo, Indonesia, on November 7-10. “Arms market in South-Ea...

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