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Lockheed Martin gets AN/ALQ-248 development contract

Posted on January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has awarded a development contract for Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare (AOEW) Active Mission Payload (AMP) AN/ALQ-248 system.

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Taiwan has completed research on ship-launched TC-2, deploy on its stealth frigates

Posted on January 10, 2018 by alert5

Taiwan news outlets are reporting that development of the indigenous ship-launched surface-to-air variant of the Sky Sword II missile has been completed and the deploy on the Kang Ding class stealth frigates from 2020.

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Proposal to convert JS Izumo into fixed-wing carrier circulating within Defense Ministry

Posted on January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 by alert5

The Mainichi reported on Jan. 6 that a proposal to convert the JS Izumo helicopter destroyer into a carrier capable of operating fixed-wing fighters is being circulated within the Defense Ministry.

By Kaijō Jieitai （海上自衛隊 / Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force） (http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/jmp/201612.html) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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