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Malaysia likely to pick KAI FA-50, HAL concedes defeat in fighter tender

Posted on February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 by alert5

HAL Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) CB Ananthakrishnan has acknowledged that Malaysia has not chosen his company’s Tejas fighter for its Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) program despite being among the two shortlisted out of eight companies that participated. Malaysia is now expected to select the South Korean supersonic fighter KAI FA-50 for the contract, dealing a blow to HAL’s hopes.

Venkat Mangudi [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Su-30MKI flight demonstration at Aero India 2023

Posted on February 14, 2023 by alert5

U.S. Senator says he has approved the sale of F-35s to Greece

Posted on February 9, 2023 by alert5

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, who chairs the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, has approved the sale of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets to Greece.

Two F-35A Lightning IIs fly in formation after receiving fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, May 15, 2019 at an undisclosed location. The 28th EARS maintains a 24/7 presence in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, supporting U.S. and Coalition aircraft in various operations in countries such as Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keifer Bowes)

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CEA Technologies to upgrade Australia’s EA-18G fleet

Posted on February 7, 2023 by alert5

The Australian government has taken a significant step towards upgrading Australia’s airborne electronic warfare capability. The country’s Defense Force has selected local firm CEA Technologies to help perform the upgrades to the EA-18G as part of the $6 billion Project AIR 5349 Phase 6 project.

U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons