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Taiwan could reevaluate plan to buy land-based Phalanx weapons system

Posted on November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 by alert5

A new report from Taiwan’s Up Media suggest the military is reassessing a plan to buy the land-based Phalanx weapons system to help protect its underground air bases at Hualien and Taitung.

A land–based Phalanx weapons system assigned to B Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment conducts a test fire mission to maintain mission readiness at Camp Manion, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2017. The LPWS targets and destroys incoming enemy munitions before they are able to cause damage to an area. B Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment conducted the fire mission in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, the global Coalition to defeat ISIL in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Brecht)

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Saab’s new Arexis jamming pod has flown

Posted on November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 by alert5

Saab’s Arexis family of electronic warfare systems has a new member, the Electronic Attack Jammer Pod (EAJP) was flown for the first time on Nov. 4.

Photo: Saab

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Finland issues call for revised tenders for H-X

Posted on November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 by alert5

Finland has issued a call for revised tenders for its F/A-18 replacement contest. All five contenders were given the documents on Oct. 31.

By Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK (F/A-18 Hornet – RIAT 2015) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Russia has suspended delivery of VVIP Superjet to Zambia

Posted on October 31, 2019 by alert5

Russia’s Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov told TASS recently that the delivery of a Superjet in VVIP configuration for the Zambian government has been suspended.

SuperJet International [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Whistleblower’s complaint against P&W to proceed

Posted on October 30, 2019 by alert5

A whistleblower’s complaint against Pratt & Whitney alleging that the company had sold defective parts for the F119 engine will be allowed to proceed, U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall has ruled.

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