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If you have even a passing interest in aviation, you are likely to have heard of the F-35 Lightning II – Lockheed Martin’s hotly anticipated advanced fighter jet.  Heralded as the next generation multi-variant, multi-role aircraft, the Lightning integrates advanced stealth capabilities with the speed, agility and performance of a 21st century fighter jet. Cutting-edge sensor technology will enable the F-35 to carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and electronic attack manoeuvres – traditionally the province of a small cohort of highly specialised aircraft.  This versatility has […]

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Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia (RMMVA) is to deliver more than 1000 high mobility logistics trucks and more than 800 modules to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) under the LAND 121 Phase 5B program. Under the LAND 121 Phase 3B program, RMMVA is currently delivering protected and unprotected military logistic trucks and modules from its […]

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KBRwyle has been awarded a $36.5 million task order by the US Air Force Installation Contracting Agency (AFICA) to provide sustainment engineering support to the 414th Supply Chain Management Squadron. KBRwyle’s work will support the LGM-30G Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and all associated ground and support equipment, ensuring these missile systems remain available […]

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US Air Force personnel from the 628th and 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons have teamed up with medical researchers from universities in Indiana and Nebraska to conduct Transportation Isolation System (TIS) training. TIS was developed in the aftermath of the 2014 Ebola outbreak as an enclosure able to safety transport patients with highly infectious diseases. The objective […]

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General Dynamics Land Systems plans to upgrade 100 additional M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks to the state-of-the-art M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 (SEPv3) configuration as part of a delivery order from the US Army. The order itself forms part of an Army Requirements Contract agreed in December 2017 through which the US military can […]

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The UK’s new F-35 multi role combat jets have used their vertical landing capability to land on new Vertical Landing Pads (VLPs), at RAF Marham for the first time. To support the aircraft’s short take off vertical landing (STOVL) capability, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation is building three VLPs through its contractors, a joint venture between Galliford Try […]

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Saab has been chosen by BAE Systems for the development of a new pyrotechnic smart self-protection system for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to defeat radar- and IR-guided threats. The order is part of a framework agreement with BAE Systems consisting of development, production, support and future sales of the Smart Dispenser System (SDS), a pyrotechnic […]

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has celebrated a successful performance testing of the arresting hook ‘Hold Down Damper’ for its MQ-25 Stingray prototype. The prototype is one of several pitched as part of a US Navy competition calling for an unmanned aircraft capable of aerial refuelling. In addition to General Atomics, Boeing and Lockheed Martin have […]

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Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood has told Parliament that good progress is being made on the MOD’s plans for more modern and efficient military bases as part the Better Defence Estates Strategy. In a statement to MPs, Mr Ellwood confirmed that the MOD has already disposed of nine sites and has advanced its plans for the […]

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Military personnel from the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and Army are taking advantage of the new facilities at Worthy Down as the first phase of construction is completed. The new facilities at Worthy Down provide a single location for training and operations, to meet the combined needs of Princess Royal Barracks, HMS Raleigh and RAF Halton. […]

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The 2018 Farnborough International Airshow has helped generate an approximate $28 billion in UK aircraft and engine deals, ADS has announced. Around 1,400 UK aircraft orders have been placed. Additionally, the global aerospace industry has secured a further $190 billion in orders and commitments thanks to Farnborough. Only the 2014 airshow has surpassed this high […]

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