Monthly Archive: Agosto 2020

20 Ago, 2020

Indonesia rents CH-47D for COVID-19 operations

Indonesia’s National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) has leased a CH-47D helicopter from Billings Flying Service of the United States for forest fire fighting and COVID-19 relief operations. Photo: BNPB The large rotorcraft is on a one month trial and will assist in the distribution of test kits to remote regions. It arrived in Sumatra […]

L3Harris Wins $281M to Develop Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle for US Navy

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20 Ago, 2020

L3Harris Wins $281M to Develop Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle for US Navy

LAFAYETTE, La. — L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from the U.S. Navy for the Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) program. This is the Navy’s first program for an unmanned surface vehicle to support the Navy’s Distributed Maritime Operations strategy.

The $35 million initial awar…

Private Contractors Flying RAF Armed Drones as UK Strikes in Iraq Increase Again

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20 Ago, 2020

Private Contractors Flying RAF Armed Drones as UK Strikes in Iraq Increase Again

British forces have begun to use private contractors to launch and recover UK Reaper drones undertaking operations against ISIS and other missions which the MoD is refusing to disclose.

The revelation comes as a new Freedom of Information (FoI) response reveals an increase in the number of UK air…

Crucial Combat Tests on F-35 Jets Slip 5 Months on Covid-19 Delay

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20 Ago, 2020

Crucial Combat Tests on F-35 Jets Slip 5 Months on Covid-19 Delay

A phase of rigorous combat testing meant to evaluate how well the next-generation F-35 jet will fare against sophisticated Russian, Chinese and Iranian air defense threats has slipped five more months due to Covid-19-related delays.

Versions of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 have flown hundreds of …

British, French and German Defense Ministers to Meet in New E3 Format

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20 Ago, 2020

British, French and German Defense Ministers to Meet in New E3 Format

Federal Minister of Defence Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will invite her colleagues, Florence Parly of France and Ben Wallace of the United Kingdom, to the first formal meeting of Defence Ministers of the E3 group in Saarland on 20 and 21 August 2020.

“I want to use Germany’s presidency of the Euro…

Turkey Hires Lobbyists to Break Congress’s De Facto Arms Embargo

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20 Ago, 2020

Turkey Hires Lobbyists to Break Congress’s De Facto Arms Embargo

Congressional leaders have blocked major U.S. arms sales to Turkey for almost two years in response to Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems, which the United States says threatens the F-35 fighter jet’s stealth capabilities. Turkey was subsequently ejected from the joint F-35 programme…

Monthly Archive: Agosto 2020

Indonesia rents CH-47D for COVID-19 operations

L3Harris Wins $281M to Develop Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle for US Navy

Private Contractors Flying RAF Armed Drones as UK Strikes in Iraq Increase Again

Crucial Combat Tests on F-35 Jets Slip 5 Months on Covid-19 Delay

British, French and German Defense Ministers to Meet in New E3 Format

Turkey Hires Lobbyists to Break Congress’s De Facto Arms Embargo

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