Lockheed Martin will likely send suspected fueldraulic lines for the F-35B for testing in the U.S. instead of shipping back to England.
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A number of highly experienced fighter pilots consulted by Flightglobal said the reduced performance specifications for the F-35 could affect combat operations.
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Pakistan’s joint chiefs of staff chairman Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne has put forward a proposal to develop UAVs with Malaysia.
U.S. officials on Wednesday confirmed that Israeli warplanes have struck an arms convoy carrying SA-17 missiles bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Turkish Aerospace Industries has completed more than 130 ground and air tests on the ANKA UAV for its acceptance test.
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U.S. Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick on Wednesday said the service was “aggressively pushing for delivery of two C-130H models in late calendar year 2013 and two additional ones before the end of calendar 2014″ to Afghanistan.
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Japan’s Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera admitted at a news conference that F-35s exported to Israel would conflict with Japan’s export ban as Japanese parts are involved.
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Brigadier Ahmed Habib Al-Mismari has become the new Libyan Air Force Chief of Staff, replacing General Adam Saqr Geroushi, who was disbarred by the Integrity Commission at the beginning of the month.
U.S. intelligence officials say Chinese missile technicians from the Beijing-based China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corp. (CPMIEC) were seen in Egypt along with North Koreans, upgrading Cairo’s Scud missiles.
The Israeli Defense Force has confirmed that Iron Dome batteries to the north of the country, including one in the Haifa area.
