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IISS Takes A Snapshot of European Combat Air Power

IISS Takes A Snapshot of European Combat Air Power

Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Europe’s six main defence-aerospace nations – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom – declared the urgent goals of avoiding duplication in core defence projects, along with the need for the associated industrial consolidation. Today, those sa…
Fincantieri Delivers Second Corvette for Qatar

Fincantieri Delivers Second Corvette for Qatar

TRIESTE, Italy — The delivery of the corvette “Damsah”, the second of the Al Zubarah-class) of four vessels ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took place today at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard.

The ceremony, held in a rest…

Pentagon Awards Contract for SSBN Security Technology

Pentagon Awards Contract for SSBN Security Technology

Areté Associates, Northridge, California, is awarded a $19,854,666 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for maritime remote sensing.

This contract provides for the investigation of previously unexplored phenomenology and emerging technology relevant to the mission of the Submarine Ballistic Missile Nucl…

US Air Force Leaders Justify Budget Request Before Congress

US Air Force Leaders Justify Budget Request Before Congress

WASHINGTON — Invoking Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s observation that militaries fail when they are slow and “too late” to change, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall urged Congress April 27 to embrace a $194 billion budget request specifically tailored to “transform” and modernize the Air and Spac…
Lockheed Claims Capability Upgrades for Troubled F-35 Fighter

Lockheed Claims Capability Upgrades for Troubled F-35 Fighter

The F-35 is set to receive its most significant evolution in capabilities to date. F-35 advanced capability upgrades will ensure the F-35 maintains a technological edge against growing global threats – without changing the aircraft’s external shape.

What will these upgrades bring to the F-35 and …

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