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Japan to buy nine more E-2D aircraft from the United States
An E-2D AEW&C aircraft in US Navy service. Japan announced on 12 October that it will acquire nine E-2Ds from the US in addition to the four it has already ordered. Source: US NavyAero rolls out first L-39NG
The prototype L-39NG was rolled out during a ceremony at Aero Vodochody’s production facility near Prague on 12 October, with the first flight expected before the end of the year. Source: IHS Markit/Gareth JenningsAFRL assigns X-60A designation to GOLauncher1 hypersonic test vehicle
Artist’s concept of a X-60A hypersonic test vehicle just after launch from its Gulfstream III carrier aircraft. Source: Generation Orbit Launch ServicesDutch OPVs and amphibious ships back in service
The RNLN OPV Ms. Groningen and its three sister ships are operational again after their sprinkler systems were repaired. Source: Dutch MoD
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India re-issues tender for fleet support ships
The Indian Navy’s fleet support ship (FSS) project is now up for tender once again after talks between Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) and South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) fell through. In pursuit of the tender, HSL issued a request for proposal (RFP) in early October 2018
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Leonardo confirms first sales for Osprey 50 AESA radar
The UK-based airborne radar and advanced targeting business of Leonardo Airborne and Space Systems has confirmed the first sales of a larger aperture variant of its Osprey X-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) multi-mode surveillance radar. While declining to identify its customers,
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US to evaluate Saab GaN-based active aperture radar under FCT
Saab is to supply a prototype gallium nitride (GaN)-based X-band Active Aperture radar unit to the US Office of Naval Research (ONR) for evaluation under the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Foreign Comparative Test (FCT) programme. US Naval Air Systems Command’s Naval Air Warfare
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USMC touts F-35B readiness as flights are suspended
A day after the US Marine Corps (USMC) commandant said the service’s first operational Lockheed Martin short-takeoff, vertical-landing F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs) were exceeding readiness expectations, the JSF programme office has suspended all F-35 flights due to fuel-tube
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US, international partners temporarily suspend some F-35 flight operations
Key Points The US and its international F-35 partners temporarily suspended some flight operations on 11 October Inspectors searched for faulty fuel tubes The United States and its international Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) partners on 11 October temporarily
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Russia develops co-orbital anti-satellite capability
Russia appears to be developing a co-orbital anti-satellite system. Bart Hendrickx examines the evidence in open sources about Russia’s satellite development programmes that points to the existence of the project -
Silencing the airwaves: Chinese SEAD capabilities
China’s territorial ambitions around its coast have long been among the driving forces of its military modernisation. Tiago Falcao Machado reports on how, to support the expanding missions of its air forces, the PLA is developing an increasingly effective SEAD capability -
Analysis: ‘Vostok 2018’ – a window on Russia's strategic ambitions
Russia's 'Vostok 2018' exercises, which took place this month across a vast expanse of Russian territory, were certainly designed to wow the West, but what can be gleaned from the manoeuvres regarding Moscow's military capabilities and strategic intent? Miko Vranic and Samuel Cranny-Evans report
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Japan to buy nine more E-2D aircraft from the United States
Japan has decided to buy nine more Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft from the United States, Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya announced on 12 October. “The E-2C [Hawkeye airborne early warning] aircraft are expected to retire …
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AFRL assigns X-60A designation to GOLauncher1 hypersonic test vehicle
The US Air Force (USAF) has assigned the experimental ‘X’ series designation X-60A to the GOLauncher1 (GO1) hypersonic flight research vehicle being developed by Generation Orbit Launch Services under contract to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate,
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Pilots warned of jamming threat in Eastern Med
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has raised the possibility that Russian electronic warfare systems in Syria could disrupt commercial flights. The FAA posted a notice to airmen (NOTAM) on 9 October warning them to “be aware of possible loss of GNSS [global navigation satellite
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AUSA 2018: Harris Corporation passes qualification testing for T7 robot
Harris Corporation’s T7 robot passed qualification tests in July and is expected to announce the completion of user trials later this year for the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) Project Starter programme, the company announced on 8 October at the annual Association of the United
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Japan to buy nine more E-2D aircraft from the United States
Japan has decided to buy nine more Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft from the United States, Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya announced on 12 October. “The E-2C [Hawkeye airborne early warning] aircraft are expected to retire …
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AFRL assigns X-60A designation to GOLauncher1 hypersonic test vehicle
The US Air Force (USAF) has assigned the experimental ‘X’ series designation X-60A to the GOLauncher1 (GO1) hypersonic flight research vehicle being developed by Generation Orbit Launch Services under contract to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate,
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Thales opens new UK centre for maritime autonomous systems
Thales UK has established a new centre of excellence for maritime autonomous systems in Plymouth, southwest England, which the company intends to develop as the focal point for a regional enterprise cluster. Formally opened on 11 October by Minister for Defence Procurement Stuart Andrew, the
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