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Saab has maxed its investment in T-X design

Posted on July 23, 2016July 23, 2016 by alert5

Saab’s chief executive Håkan Buskhe told investors during a results briefing that the Swedish aerospace company has “spent most of [its] investment for the important T-X development” in the first half of this year.

Graphic: Boeing
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USS Gerald R. Ford not ready for war

Posted on July 23, 2016July 23, 2016 by alert5

The Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Dr. J. Michael Gilmore, has joined the Inspector General in criticizing the war fighting capability of the newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Aidan P. Campbell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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PLANAF J-11BH fires the PL-12

Posted on July 23, 2016 by alert5

The firing of a PL-12 active radar-guided medium-range air-to-air missile from a People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF) J-11BH fighter of the 8th Division has been shown on China’s state television for the first time.