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Philippines’ budget department has given money to buy BrahMos

Posted on December 30, 2021 by alert5

On Dec. 27, Philippine’s Department of Budget Management (DBM) issued two special allotment release orders (SARO) worth around $54 million to buy shore-based anti-ship missile system for the Philippine Navy.

Ministry of Defence (GODL-India), GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons

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Lockheed Martin to design and develop F-35 variant for foreign customer

Posted on December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 by alert5

The Pentagon announced on Dec. 27 that Lockheed Martin has been awarded $49 million for the “design and development of a Joint Strike Fighter aircraft variant tailored for an unspecified Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customer.”

JOTT, F-35 Five Ship behind tanker, 1 F-35C, 2 F-35B, & 2 F-35A, Edwards AFB, Ca., 20 September 2019

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South Korea to buy new helicopters to replace its CH-47D fleet

Posted on December 28, 2021 by alert5

South Korea’s Defense Project Promotion Committee has approved a plan to replace the country’s CH-47D helicopters with new ones.

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Successful Solar-to-RF conversion for SSPIDR

Posted on December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 by alert5

A successful ground demonstration of solar energy to radio frequency (RF) conversion for the Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research (SSPIDR) Project has been successfully conducted.