Day: April 12, 2016

NGJ Inc 1 approved to enter Engineering & Manufacturing Development phase

Posted on April 12, 2016April 12, 2016 by alert5

The Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Increment 1 (Inc 1) has entered a new phase on Apr. 5 when Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, approved it to enter the Engineering & Manufacturing Development phase.

Illustration from U.S. Navy
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USN officer had spied for Taiwan too

Posted on April 12, 2016April 12, 2016 by alert5

USNI News says Lt. Cmdr. Edward Chieh-Liang Lin, who is being charged for espionage, had been spying for Taiwan as well.

Photo: U.S. Navy
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Jordan in preliminary talks for Su-32

Posted on April 12, 2016April 11, 2016 by alert5

Kommersant newspaper says Jordan has started talks with Russia for a small number of Su-32 (export version of the Su-34) fighter bombers.

By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (IMG_3632) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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First flight of X-2 in late April

Posted on April 12, 2016April 11, 2016 by alert5

The Nikkei reported on Apr. 7 that the first flight of the Mitsubishi X-2 stealth demonstrator is expected to be carried out in late April.

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