Philippines Armed Forces new chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang revealed that the United States has agreed to transfer two C-130s to Manila.
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The Chinese government announced it had carried out a land-based missile interception test and the objectives of the test were achieved.
Lockheed Martin will officially hand over Australia’s first F-35 fighter at its Fort Worth plant today.
Two vintage Soviet-era fighters were washed away by flood waters in the Russian Far East city of Magadan on Jul. 22.
Raytheon’s new Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) for the DDG 51 Flight III destroyers has cleared both the Preliminary Design Review and the Integrated Baseline Review.
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Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) has been selected as the preferred bidder to develop the light armed helicopter (LAH) to replace South Korea’s MD500 and AH-1S attack helicopters.
Ukrainian rebel leader Alexander Khodakovsky told Reuters that pro-Russian separatists did possess the Buk air defense system.
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Airbus Defence and Space has offered the Eurofighter to replace Denmark’s F-16 fleet.
H/T to Mil Aerospace Electronics. The U.S. Air Force has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to determine the feasibility of developing a next generation airborne long range offensive IRST that is a staring system.
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Tokyo will start construction of two more Aegis-equip destroyers in Fiscal Year 2015 and 2016.
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