Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Sarkozy told Gates that selling Mistral-class warship to Russia poses no problems
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has defended the decision to sell a Mistral-class LHD to Russia during a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Sarkozy was quoted to have told Gates: "One cannot expect Russia to behave as a partner if we don't treat it as one."
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French official believes A400M solution reached this week
Laurent Collet-Billon, head of the France's DGA, told reporters a deal on the A400M military transport plane could be reached this week or next.
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China's Z9WE attack helicopter fitted with Western engine
Despite export restrictions placed after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, China is still able to equipped its latest Z9WE attack helicopter with two Arriel 2C turboshaft engines.
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U.S. Navy willing to make trade-offs to move carrier to Florida
Rear Adm. Bill Burke told reporters this week that the U.S. Navy is willing to make trade-offs to move a nuclear aircraft carrier to Florida.
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Iran says to unveil indigenous SAM similar to S300
Tehran announced that it would soon deploy an indigenous missile air defense system similar to the Russian S300 system it has ordered from Moscow but has yet to receive.
Labels: Iran S-300
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Team K-MAX Demonstrates Successful Unmanned Helicopter Cargo Resupply to U.S. Marine Corps
Lockheed Martin Corporationand Kaman Aerospace Corporation have successfully demonstrated to the U.S. Marine Corps the capability of the Unmanned K-MAX helicopter to resupply troops by unmanned helicopter at forward operating bases in Afghanistan.
During a series of flights last week in subfreezing temperatures at the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground, UT, the Unmanned K-MAX demonstrated autonomous and remote control flight over both line-of-sight and satellite-based beyond line-of-sight data link.
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Ex-Boeing engineer gets 15 years for spying
A China-born ex-Boeing engineer was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for hoarding sensitive information about the U.S. space shuttle that prosecutors say he intended to share with China.
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Murtha death bad news for Northrop tanker bid
Leeham News thinks the death of U.S. Rep. John Murtha, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, could be bad news for Northrop Grumman in its bid to sell aerial tankers to the USAF.
Murtha had championed for a split-buy and with his death, Rep. Norm Dicks is likely to take over his post. Dicks supports the Boeing bid and opposes to a split-buy.
Labels: KC-X
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Aviation Week says PAK-FA still needs more work to become truly stealthy
Aviation Week reports that the Sukhoi PAK-FA still needs more work in order to be a true rival to the F-22.
Labels: Russian 5th-generation fighter
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Monday, February 08, 2010
BAE systems to pay $400M fines
BAE Systems will pay up to $400 million fines to U.S. and U.K. authorities over investigations into its former activities in Saudi Arabia and Tanzania.
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U.K. stalls plan to rescue A400M
Financial Times reported that a plan to rescue the A400M program has stalled due to objections from Britain.
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India carries out 4th test of Agni-III
India on Sunday successfully test-fired its indigenous Agni-III ballistic missile for the fourth time.
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F-111 makes emergency landing while performing at Singapore Airshow
The RAAF F-111 had to make an emergency landing on Thursday after a fire caution light came on during its display at the Singapore Airshow.
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Sunday, February 07, 2010
India's Deputy Prime Minister to discuss PAK-FA with Russians this month
India's Deputy Prime Minister S.S. Sobyani will visit Moscow this month and one of the issues he will discussed with the other party is cooperating on the PAK-FA.
Labels: Russian 5th-generation fighter
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Former Red Army garrison town auction off for $3m
A former Red Army garrison town known as Skrunda-1 was auctioned off to a Russian firm for $3m.
The base was formely a Soviet nuclear attack early warning station.
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Iran opens production lines for two new missiles
Fars news agency reported that Iran has opened two new missile production plants on Saturday.
The new missiles being produced are the Toofan 5 anti-armor missile and the Qaem anti-helicopter missile.
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Eurosam is to offer Aster 30 to Turkey
Eurosam has decided to bid in Turkey’s missile tender by offering its Aster 30. Turkey pushed back the deadline of its tender from Jan. 15 to Mar. 1 to enable Eurosam and a Russia-based group to prepare their bids.
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332nd AEW pilot reaches 4,000 flight hours in F-16
Lt. Col. Gary M. Middlebrooks of the 114th Fighter Wing, 175th Fighter Squadron of the South Dakota Air National Guard, logged his 4,000th hour of flying in the F-16 while deployed to Iraq on Feb. 5.
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B-52 ran short of fuel, lands in Kadena
Kyodo News reports that a USAF B-52 bomber had to make an unscheduled landing at Kadena AFB in Okinawa, Japan after running short of fuel.
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