The Pentagon announced on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has ordered restrictions to F-22 flights and
the U.S. Air Force is to accelerate the installation of an automatic backup oxygen system.
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Air National Guard testing Sniper pod on F-15C
The U.S. Air National Guard hopes to improve the intercept capability of its F-15C by equipping the fighter with Lockheed Martin’s Sniper pod.
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NexGen Infrared missile warning system approved for full-rate production
he U.S. Air Force has authorized full rate production of the NexGen Infrared missile warning system (MWS), a Northrop Grumman-designed, built and tested protection system for C-17, EC-130J, HC/MC-130J and other Air Force platforms.
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Joint Indo-Russian fifth-generation fighter delayed by two years
The joint Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) program by India and Russia has been delayed by two years, India’s deputy defense minister M M Pallam Raju said on Monday.
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Bureaucratic barriers hinder China’s ability to produce military jet engines
This op-ed by Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collins say China will find it difficult to produce good military jet engines due to bureaucratic barriers in its jet propulsion industry.
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