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US Air Force Chief Says Modernization is Priority

US Air Force Chief Says Modernization is Priority

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. spoke today at the State of Defense conference on DefenseOne.com.

Regarding hypersonic threats from adversaries, Brown said, “We want to make sure we have not only that capability, but the capacity. There’s a balance between having a hypersonic …

Lockheed Wins $115M to Replace Obsolete F-35 Parts

Lockheed Wins $115M to Replace Obsolete F-35 Parts

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded an $115,351,997 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

This contract provides diminishing manufacturing sources parts for F-35 Lightning II program for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, non-U.S. Departm…

China Touts ‘Major Progress’ of AG600 Flying Boat

China Touts ‘Major Progress’ of AG600 Flying Boat

BEIJING — China’s independently-developed AG600 large amphibious aircraft has gained significant progress by completing critical flight tests and getting the first batch of purchase agreements, the developer announced on Tuesday.

The AG600M aircraft, a full-configuration firefighting model belo…

India Test-Fires Indigenously-Developed VSHORADS Missile

India Test-Fires Indigenously-Developed VSHORADS Missile

DRDO conducted two successful test flight of Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile on 27 Sep 2022 from a ground based portable launcher at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha.

VSHORADS is a Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPADS) designed and develope…

NATO Air Base Goes Live with Saab Digital Tower

NATO Air Base Goes Live with Saab Digital Tower

Saab’s r-TWR is the first military digital tower solution fully operational in NATO and is certified by the German Military Aviation Authority (LufABw).

NATO’s main operation base for its Boeing E-3A airborne early warning and control system fleet in Geilenkirchen, Germany will be using the Saab …

Finland Builds Up Inventory of Heavy Artillery Ammunition

Finland Builds Up Inventory of Heavy Artillery Ammunition

The Finnish Defense Forces will acquire 155 mm long-range artillery ammunition from Nammo Lapua Oy.

This long-range ammunition can be used with, among other things, 155 mm howitzers and they increase the range of the weapon system considerably.

The total value of the acquisition is around 13 m…


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