The F-35 utilizes a complex maintenance and support system know as Autonomic Logistics Information System to keep the planes healthy. Earlier this year, the U.S. Navy succeeded in breaking into the system.
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Month: November 2012
Washington supports Turkey’s request for Patriots
In an interview with VOA, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Washington supports Turkey’s request for the deployment of Patriot missiles along its border with Syria.
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Boeing won’t offer 737 MAX version of P-8A
Egan Greenstein, a senior Boeing manager, said his company will not offer a version of the P-8A using the 737 MAX airframe.
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Royal Thai Army selects Thales’s STARStreak Air Defence System
The Royal Thai Army has placed an order for the STARStreak air defence missile system with Thales UK.
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RAF plans to field Puma Mk2 delayed
The crash of a civilian Puma helicopter which killed key Eurocopter flight test crew is partly to blame for the RAF’s decision to field the upgraded Puma Mk2 until middle of next year.
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