France will upgrade 10 Rafale Ms from F1 to F3 standard. The announcement did not say when the upgrade will commence.
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Category: Navy
Taiwan’s Role in Air-Sea Battle
Mark Stokes and L.C. Russell Hsiao from the Project 2049 Institute explains how Taiwan can play an important role in the Pentagon’s Air-Sea Battle concept.
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Secret U.K. report cast doubts on F-35B
British military planners concluded that the F-35C is more effective than the B-model, the Daily Telegraph reported after seeing a secret Ministry of Defense document.
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F-35Cs in first formation flight
CF-1 and CF-2 carried out the first F-35C formation flight on Wednesday from NAS Patuxent River.
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INS Vikramaditya to test flight operations in June, July
MiG-29Ks, Ka-31 and Ka-27 naval helicopters will land and take-off from the flight deck of INS Vikramaditya during sea trials in June and July.
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