The RAAF’s fleet of 71 McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F/A-18A/B ‘classic’ Hornets passed a fleet total milestone of 400,000 flying hours in August. The RAAF took delivery of 57 single-seat F/A-18As and…
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The Japanese Defence Ministry has announced it has received formal approval to buy 42 Lockheed martin F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variants of the JSF for operations aboard…
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No human experience is more stressful than combat. The adrenaline rush, the senses are overwhelmed by harsh noise as bullets crack nearby, each carrying the threat of death or serious…
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The USAF has successfully completed a four-day operational deployment of F-35A fighters to a forward location in the Middle East. The detachment, comprising elements of the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron…
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BAE Systems has officially cut steel for the second Type 26 global combat ship for the Royal Navy at its Govan, Clyde shipyard in Scotland. The vessel, to be named…
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A second squadron of F-35Bs for the Royal Air Force was established on August 1 at RAF Marham in the UK. The establishment of 207Sqn at Marham follows the July…
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The US D The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced State Dept approval for the Republic of Korea to acquire 12 Sikorsky MH-60R Romeo Seahawk helicopters. The announcement…
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Raytheon has delivered the first representative AN/ALQ-249(v)1 Next Generation Jammer – Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) engineering and manufacturing development pod to the US Navy to commence ground testing and aircraft integration trials.…
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The USAF and Lockheed Martin have commenced the integration of the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) onto the F-35, some seven years ahead of scheduled. The Auto-GCAS system was…
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The US Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a US$33.75m (A$48.57m) contract to conduct integration work for the Integrated Functional Capability 4.0 (IFC4.0) configuration on the MQ-4C Triton unmanned maritime reconnaissance…
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Raytheon has unveiled a new system developed in conjunction with the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) aimed at defeating multiple anti-ship missiles and other threats. The Multi-Azimuth Defense…
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South Korea has announced plans to build an amphibious landing ship capable of operating short take off and vertical landing F-35B Lighting IIs. The July 12 announcement will see South…
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The government of Canada has released a formal request for proposals (RFP) to four companies to replace its CF-18 (CF-188) Hornets in service from 2025. The RFPs have been issued…
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The UK’s RAF Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have announced the awarding of preliminary design contracts for the RAF’s Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft…
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Turkey has been formally suspended from the multi-national Joint Strike Fighter program after the first elements of the Russian-made S-400 air defence system were delivered to Turkey by Russian Air…
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The US DoD has awarded a US$492.1m (A$700m) contract to Lockheed Martin for 20 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HiMARS) launchers and associated systems for the US Army and…
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The first of nine Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA Mk 1s for the RAF has made its maiden flight from Boeing’s Renton facility in Seattle. The aircraft, to be registered ZP801…
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The first of six Barracuda (Suffren) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSN) for the French Navy was launched at NAVAL Group’s Cherbourg shipyards on July 12. The launch of the vessel,…
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A request for information (RFI) for the replacement of the Australian Army’s Airbus EC665 Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter (ARH) was released to industry on July 1. The RFI calls for…
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The UK’s Royal Air Force has flown the first operational missions with its new F-35B Lightning II. The first mission was flown over Syria on June 16 by 617Sqn ‘Dambusters’…