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US Cautions that Japan-Korea Disputes Hinder Pacific Security Cooperation
South Korea's announcement that it will not renew an information-sharing agreement with Japan when it expires in November complicates the ability of the United States to continue its trilateral securi

China Hints It Will Hasten Deployment of Island Defenses in South China Sea
A US Navy destroyer sailed near Chinese islands and reefs in the South China Sea under the pretense of "freedom of navigation" on Wednesday. Chinese analysts believe the US is once again trying to pro

Russia, India Developing Hypersonic Ramjet for Next-Gen Brahmos Missile
ZHUKOVSKY, Russia --- The next-generation BrahMos-NG cruise missile may enter trials in four to five years, Indian Co-Director of the Russia-India BrahMos Aerospace Joint Venture Sudhir Kumar Mishra t

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US Cautions that Japan-Korea Disputes Hinder Pacific Security Cooperation
South Korea's announcement that it will not renew an information-sharing agreement with Japan when it expires in November complicates the ability of the United States to continue its trilateral securi...

China Hints It Will Hasten Deployment of Island Defenses in South China Sea
A US Navy destroyer sailed near Chinese islands and reefs in the South China Sea under the pretense of "freedom of navigation" on Wednesday. Chinese analysts believe the US is once again trying to pro...

Russia, India Developing Hypersonic Ramjet for Next-Gen Brahmos Missile
ZHUKOVSKY, Russia --- The next-generation BrahMos-NG cruise missile may enter trials in four to five years, Indian Co-Director of the Russia-India BrahMos Aerospace Joint Venture Sudhir Kumar Mishra t...

Supply Bottleneck Grounded Half of World's F-35 Fighter Jets
The US Department of Defence (DoD) has moved to ease a supply chain bottleneck that had made almost half of the world’s F-35 Lightning fighters useless for combat for nearly eight months last year. ...

Boeing Wins $500M to Train Qatari Air Force F-15QA Aircrew
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $500,000,000, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity single award contract for Qatar Emiri Air Force (QAEF) F-1...

Raytheon Wins $349M for Maritime Strike Tomahawk Work
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $349,014,465 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for Phase 2 of the Maritime Strike Tomahawk Rapid Deployment Capability for completion of the Phase 1 design a...

China Says it Signed Heavy Helicopter Deal with Russia
MOSCOW --- China and Russia have fully agreed upon and signed a commercial contract on a joint heavy helicopter development project, said Miao Wei, China's Minister of Industry and Information Technol...

Bolton: China ‘Stole’ F-35 Design from US
WASHINGTON --- US National Security Adviser John Bolton on Wednesday accused China of stealing the plans for the American-made F-35, claiming that Beijing's fifth-generation fighter jet looks suspicio...

S. Korea Seeks to Increase Defense Budget 7.4% Next Year
South Korea is seeking a 7.4 percent increase in its defense budget for next year, as it strives to strengthen self-defense capabilities amid growing security uncertainties, the defense ministry said ...

BAE Proposes Typhoon Support Plan for RAF’s F-35 Fleet
As the Lockheed Martin F-35 enters service in ever-growing numbers across the world, air chiefs are recognizing that the aircraft’s sustainment costs need to fall and availability needs to increase. ...

US Air Force Delivers Final Production C-17 to India
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --- The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center delivered the last available C-17 Globemaster III to the Indian Air Force on Aug. 22, bringing the key ally’s existing C-17 fl...

China and Pakistan Kick Off Joint Air Exercise “Shaheen”
The Chinese and Pakistani air forces kicked off their joint training code-named “Shaheen (Eagle) VIII”, in a location in northwest China on August 23, which was an annual routine training between the ...

Allied Air Forces Arrive in UK for Exercise Cobra Warrior
Aircraft from the German, Italian and Israeli Air Forces have arrived at RAF Waddington to participate in Exercise Cobra Warrior. They will join aircraft from the Royal Air Force and United States Ai...

Airbus Helicopters, Elbe Flugzeugwerke to Maintain German NH90 Fleet
DONAUWÖRTH, Germany --- Airbus Helicopters as prime contractor will work together with Dresden-based Elbe Flugzeugwerke to maintain the German Armed Forces’ (Bundeswehr’s) NH90 fleet. Airbus and the F...

UAC and COMAC Present Joint CR929 Widebody Program
On August, 28 United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) and their joint venture, CRAIC, have hold Consultancy Committee on CR929 Program with the air companie...

MDHI Wins $50M to Support Afghan AF MD 530F Helicopters
MESA, Ariz --- MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) announced today that the company has been awarded a $50.4 million Firm Fixed Price contract modification for logistics support of the MD 530F Cayuse Warrior ...

Lithuania to Sign Order for 200 JLTVs by Year-End
“With the U.S. Government lighting the green light for Lithuania to acquire 200 armored Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), we are moving to bilateral contract coordination. We intend to sign it bef...

GD Factory Ramps Up to Deliver First Ajax AFV to British Army
UK Government Minister for Wales Kevin Foster MP will visit Merthyr Tydfil to celebrate UK Defence’s contribution to Welsh prosperity today, Wednesday, 28 August 2019. More than 700 workers at the ...

Taliban Reviews Proposal on U.S. Withdrawal
As U.S. and Taliban officials look to apparently seal a historic deal to end the 18-year Afghan conflict, leaders of the extremist militant group are reviewing the proposed agreement at an undisclosed...

Collins to Support L-3 Harris to Upgrade USAF’s C-130H
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --– Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. has been selected by L3Harris Technologies to play a key role in the U.S. Air Force’s C-130H Avionics Modernizatio...

Mil, UTair Sign Agreement on Mi-8/17 Upgrades
MOSCOW--- During the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019, Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant of Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) and UTair-Engineering signe...

Airbus Flies Second Five-Bladed H145 Prototype
DONAUWORTH, Germany --- Early August, the second prototype of the new five-bladed H145 took off for its maiden flight at the Airbus Helicopters site in Donauwörth. The helicopter will be used for addi...

Northrop CIRCM Countermeasures Enter Operational Testing
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) systems for the U.S. Army has entered Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E). Northrop Grumm...

NIWC Atlantic Team Advances Drone Swarming Technology
CHARLESTON, S.C. --- Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic Small Autonomous Unmanned Systems Research (SAUSR) Range team demonstrated their newest swarming capabilities during the Advanced ...

Bell 505 Jet Ranger X Fleet Passes 20,000 Flight Hours
FORT WORTH, TX --- Bell Textron Inc. announced the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X has surpassed more than 20,000 flight hours. Bell has delivered 200 aircraft to customers operating the aircraft spanning six c...

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