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Allies News
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The NATO alliance marked a quiet milestone in March with the transfer of a mobile general ground station (MGGS) to the Alliance Ground Station (AGS) Force in Sigonella, Italy.
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Australia has restated its commitment to its AIR 7000 Phase 1B Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned maritime ISR program by ordering a third air vehicle. The order was announced by…
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Japan suspends Aegis Ashore deploymentJapan’s defence minister Taro Kono has announced that the northeast Asian country was suspending the deployment of the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defence system, citing cost…
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A US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notification has said the US State Department has approved the sale of a comprehensive package of advanced weapons and systems to Canada to…
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Rohde & Schwarz has been selected by Babcock Australasia to provide high frequency (HF) radios and high power amplifiers with HF wideband capability for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF).…
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Raytheon Missiles & Defense has announced it has completed the first guided release of a GBU-53/B StormBreaker precision guided bomb from a US Navy F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet. Previously known…
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The USAF and Boeing have conducted an aircraft critical design review (CDR) and overall system CDR on the new T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer. The CDR is the culmination of…
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GE delivers first engines for KF-X program GE has announced that it has delivered the first 15 F414-GE-400K turbofan engines to South Korea for the Korea Aerospace Industries’ (KAI) KF-X…
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The first F-35A Lightning II delivered to the RAAF recently logged the milestone of 1,000 flying hours. The aircraft – A35-001 which is also known as AU-1 by Lockheed Martin…
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The RAAF’s 82 Wing (82WG), which oversees the operations of the F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft of 1 and 6SQNs has stood up 82 Wing Training Flight (82TF)…
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The New Zealand government has confirmed its intention to buy five Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules transports to replace its ageing fleet of five C-130Hs. The confirmation by Defence Minister Ron…
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Boeing has released a one-minute video on LinkedIn of the first flight of an F/A-18F Super Hornet Block III from its St Louis facility. The flight follows the rollout of…
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The US Navy has successfully conducted the first captive carry flight test of a Northrop Grumman AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) missile on an F/A-18E Super…
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THE NEXT-GENERATION MISSILE PROGRAMS
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Shandong sea trials China’s first domestically-built aircraft carrier has gone out to sea for further sea trials. On Monday May 25 the Shandong left its berth at the shipyard in…
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The US Army’s comprehensive and acronym-rich Future Vertical Lift (FVL) helicopter recapitalisation program took a big step forward in March when the shortlisted contenders for two of the key elements of the program were announced.
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A decade ago, the RAAF officially took delivery of the first two of six E-7A Wedgetail aircraft, troubled then but now recognised as likely the best airborne early warning and…
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Navy’s eight Anzac frigates have come a long way over the past two decades.
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The organisers of the biennial PACIFIC International Maritime Exposition have announced that the show originally scheduled for August 2021 has been deferred to 2022. To be renamed INDO-PACIFIC International Maritime…