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August 25, 2020  

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Korea to Buy 20 More F-35A and 20 F-35B Fighters for $6.7Bn
SEOUL --- Korea will double the number of F-35 stealth fighter jets it will buy from the United States, including variants that will operate on the country’s first aircraft carrier, according to milit

Iran Tracked F-35s with Russian-Made Radar: Tass
KUBINKA, Russia --- Russian-made radar Rezonans-NE, which Iran purchased to identify and track stealth aircraft and hypersonic targets, successfully spotted and tracked US F-35 fighters near the count

China Unveils 15-Ton Z-8L Transport Helicopter
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has unveiled its latest type of transport helicopter, the Z-8L, the first in the 15-ton-class in China. The new helicopter is capable of transporting an all-

 


A Z-8L helicopter of the Chinese People's Liberation Army prepares to transport an all-terrain assault vehicle. At 15 tonnes, it is two tonnes heavier than the basic version, and is optimized to operate from China’s new Type 075 amphibious ships. (CCTV screen shot)
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Korea to Buy 20 More F-35A and 20 F-35B Fighters for $6.7Bn
SEOUL --- Korea will double the number of F-35 stealth fighter jets it will buy from the United States, including variants that will operate on the country’s first aircraft carrier, according to milit...

Iran Tracked F-35s with Russian-Made Radar: Tass
KUBINKA, Russia --- Russian-made radar Rezonans-NE, which Iran purchased to identify and track stealth aircraft and hypersonic targets, successfully spotted and tracked US F-35 fighters near the count...

China Unveils 15-Ton Z-8L Transport Helicopter
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has unveiled its latest type of transport helicopter, the Z-8L, the first in the 15-ton-class in China. The new helicopter is capable of transporting an all-...

IBCS Shoots Down Ballistic Missile Target in Third Live-Fire Demo
WASHINGTON --- The Army conducted a third successful missile intercept demonstration Thursday, as the force continues to evaluate the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System, or IBCS,...

US Vows to Ensure Israel’s 'Military Edge'
WASHINGTON --- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday the United States will ensure Israel’s military advantage in the Middle East under any potential U.S. arms deals with the United Arab Emi...

US Navy Sends Nuclear Attack Sub to Norway
NORWEGIAN SEA --- The fast-attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) is operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations and conducted a brief stop for personnel in the vicinity of Tromso, Norway, Aug. ...

Drills Set to Improve PLA Navy Capabilities
The People's Liberation Army launched at least three naval exercises in multiple waters on Monday, a move researchers said is intended to respond to provocations and improve the PLA Navy's combat capa...

Russia to Unveil Tirada, Its Latest Battlefield EW System
Visitors to the site of the international military and technical forum "Army-2020" in Yekaterinburg will see for the first time the newest mobile electronic warfare (EW) complex "Tirada" for blocking ...

US Bombers Arrive in Europe, Train with Norwegian Fighters
Six US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota arrived at Royal Air Force Fairford in the United Kingdom on Saturday (22 August 2020)...

TAI Delivers Upgraded Anka UAV to Turkish Naval Forces
ISTANBUL --- Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has delivered one more unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) – the ANKA – with a longer range and equipped with an automatic identification system and synthetic...

BAE Wins $495M for Range Instrumentation Support
The U.S. Air Force has awarded BAE Systems a $495 million contract to continue to provide a wide range of instrumentation support and sustainment services to military and government agencies for the U...

Two Australian ADW Destroyers Test Cooperative Engagement
Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer HMAS Sydney has sailed in company with sister ship HMAS Brisbane to conduct training and testing of the Aegis Combat System. Commanding Officer of Sydney Comm...

SRC Tec Wins $90M for Counter-Small UAV System
SRC Tec, North Syracuse, New York, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $90,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for force protection Counter-small Unmanned Aerial System (C-sUAS) with...

Bath Iron Workers Approve 3-Year Contract, End Strike After 63 Days
BATH, Maine --- A 63-day strike at Bath Iron Works — against the backdrop of a pandemic in an election year — came to an end Sunday with shipbuilders voting to return to their jobs producing warships ...

Antonov Completes Jig Assembly of AN-178 Airframe
Antonov Company has completed jig assembly of the AN-178 airframe (series No. 006) intended for delivery under the contract between Spetstechnoexport Company and Ministry of Interior of Republic of Pe...

US Navy Squadron Participated in Green Flag 20-9
NELLIS AFB, Nev. --- U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 41, assigned to Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, participated in the Green Flag 20-9 combat training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev...

Saab to Explore LEO Sats for Global Maritime Connectivity
Saab will, together with the companies ORBCOMM and AAC Clyde Space, lead a groundbreaking Swedish space project; to develop space-based communication for the maritime sector via the new automatic trac...

Australia’s DoD Invests in Future Mine Countermeasure Technology
New autonomous technologies will revolutionise mine clearance capability in operations close to shore through a new five-year, $15 million research and development project. The project is part of a...

China Says Its Tank Makes Mark at Army Games
A People's Liberation Army delegation beat its rivals in the opening round of the tank biathlon competition on the first day of the International Army Games 2020 in Russia on Sunday. This year's ev...

India's DRDO Lists Weapon Systems to be Produced Locally
Responding to the clarion call given by Hon’ble Prime Minister for “Atmanirbhar Bharat”, the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has taken several initiatives to strengthen the indigeno...

Israeli Firms Develop Satellite Technology for SAR, Signal Detection
A close technological and research collaboration between the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has yielded an advanced electronic receiver that constitute...

Canadian CT-114 Training Aircraft to Resume Flight Ops
The Commander of 2 Canadian Air Division, Brigadier-General Denis O’Reilly, has today lifted the operational pause on the CT-114 Tutor fleet. The operational pause was implemented following a Snowb...

Rolls-Royce Completes Core Test for Small Engine
Rolls-Royce LibertyWorks has completed rig testing on a new core design for a small engine, successfully executing a rapid prototyping plan from design to test in under a year. The prototype engine...

Raytheon Flight-Tests Next-Gen Jammer Mid-Band on Growler
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. --- Built by Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band flew on an EA-18G Growler – its first flight test on the aircraft. T...

Rosoboronexport, Vega Sign Agreement on Intellectual Property
On August 24, 2020, during the Army-2020 International Military-Technical Forum, JSC Rosoboronexport and JSC Concern Vega of the Ruselectronics holding entered into an agreement on cooperation on the ...

Littoral Combat Ship 21 Completes Acceptance Trials
MARINETTE, Wis. --- Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 21, the future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, completed acceptance trials in Lake Michigan. Trials included a full-power run, maneuverability testing, and s...

US Air Force Integrates CRIIS on F-22 Raptor
EDWARDS AFB, California --- The 411th Flight Test Squadron in conjunction with the 412th Range Squadron achieved the first successful flight of the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRII...


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