Paris—At Eurosatory 2012 Russia’s state arms trader Rosoboronexport and France’s Thales Optronics signed a licence that lets the Vologda Optical-Mechanical Plant build Catherine XP thermal imagers inside Russia.
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The Pentagon owns many early-lot F-35s that cannot meet full combat standards. Commanders now stand at a fork in the road: pour money into deep retrofits or buy fresh jets straight off Lockheed Martin’s moving line in Fort Worth. Vice Adm. Mat Winter, then head of the Joint Program Office, told reporters on Sept 18 that annual production would climb from forty-six aircraft in 2016 to about one hundred thirty in 2018 and rise again afterward.
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Exclusive: Retired RAAF Fighter Jets Could Be Sent to Ukraine (excerpt) Published: / Updated: The Royal Australian Air Force keeps
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Lockheed Martin’s F-35 is America’s most expensive weapons project. After fifteen years in development, the jet is still not ready for the fight the services expect. A confidential memorandum dated Aug 9 from Dr. Michael Gilmore, the Defense Department’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, warns that the fighter “is not on a path toward success.” His language is blunt.
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Eaton Wins Hydraulic System Contract For A380 – $200 Million Potential For U.S. Company Published: / Updated: Airbus has chosen
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Romania Submits €10 Billion Military Upgrade Plan to Parliament Published: / Updated: Romania’s defense ministry has asked lawmakers to clear
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Finland has decided to keep its backbone air-surveillance radars in shape for another five years. Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö authorized the Defence Forces Logistics Command to sign an extension with Thales LAS France S.A.S.
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Industry Needs A Fundamental Decision on the Eurofighter by 2025 Published: / Updated: Airbus Defence & Space chief executive Michael
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The Pentagon just raised the F-35 bill again. Numbers inside its fresh acquisition report point to $438 billion for development plus production. Last year they put the figure at $412 billion. Now planners must live with extra $26 billion—they said inflation and stretched schedules forced the jump.
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