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GKN Aerospace Signs JV with Two Chinese Aerospace Firms

GKN Aerospace Signs JV with Two Chinese Aerospace Firms

COMAC subsidiary SAMC (Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Company), AVIC Supply and GKN Aerospace have signed a joint venture (JV) agreement for the manufacture of Composite and Metallic Aerostructures in Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province, China. This represents a significant milestone in GKN Aerospace’s lon…
Taiwan’s F-16 Upgrade Program Behind Schedule

Taiwan’s F-16 Upgrade Program Behind Schedule

Taiwan’s program to upgrade its fleet of F-16A/Bs into F-16Vs is currently running behind schedule

Taiwan’s defense ministry says a program to upgrade Taiwan’s F-16 fighter jets is running behind schedule. That came during a defense report at the legislature. Under the program, Taiwan will upgrad…

Royal Navy’s Second Aircraft Carrier Crippled by Flooding

Royal Navy’s Second Aircraft Carrier Crippled by Flooding

Britain’s newest aircraft carrier will be stranded in Portsmouth until May next year after a second flood wrecked the vessel’s vital electrical systems.

HMS Prince of Wales has been banned from setting sail from its home port on safety grounds after thousands of gallons of sea water poured into t…

Germany Approves Sale of 15 Gepard SP AA Guns to Qatar

Germany Approves Sale of 15 Gepard SP AA Guns to Qatar

PARIS — Germany’s Federal Security Council issued a final export license for the sale of 15 Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns to Qatar at its last meeting, Der Spiegel reported Dec. 7 citing a government briefing to the Bundestag which it has obtained. The vehicles are made by the Munich ar…
Russia Cautions Against Using Ukrainian-Maintained Helicopters

Russia Cautions Against Using Ukrainian-Maintained Helicopters

Russian Helicopters Holding Company considers it necessary to warn that Ukrainian aircraft repair enterprises are carrying out illegitimate overhaul of Mi-17V-5 Helicopters and thereby endangers the lives of the American and Afghan soldiers that are operating these helicopters.

According to the r…


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