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Lucrative friendship: Israeli firms secure R&D, investment and trade with India
Israel’s top defense and aerospace firms are riding the wave of a high-profile friendship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with expanded defense trade, joint research and development, and a shared commitment by both leaders to augment strategic cooperation against common threats ranging from global terror to cybercrime.
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Swiss firm not extending maintenance deal for India’s PC-7 trainers
The aircraft, manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland and acquired in 2012, was under a maintenance deal that expired in December 2016.
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Analysts: India won’t ink a single-engine fighter deal before 2019
“There isn’t now even the slightest IAF interest in the F-16 Block 70 or any other variant” for the single-engine fighter program, even as the Air Force has decided to hold flight tests of Lockheed’s aircraft and Sweden’s Gripen-E, the two under consideration.
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China on its air drills near Japan: Don’t ‘make a fuss about nothing’
The Chinese Air Force said its aircraft flew through the Miyako Strait, near Japan, and through the Bashi Channel, which lies between independently ruled Taiwan and the Philippines.
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India begins talks for French Jaguar fighters
India has begun discreet negotiations with France for the purchase of 31 grounded strike fighters previously used by the French Air Force.
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Indian Navy launches hunt to acquire 110 helicopters in $5B deal
The Indian Navy has begun its process of acquiring 110 light utility helicopters after rejecting Russia’s Kamov Ka-226T, which are being built for the Air Force and Army, according to a Ministry of Defence official.
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Boeing completes deliveries of F-15SG jets to Singapore
The FAA’s website showed that the last of eight F-15SGs on its civil register had its registration canceled in the middle of June, with export being listed the reason for cancellation and its destination listed as Singapore.
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China’s president has troops declare loyalty: Call me ‘chairman’
In a surprise move intended to strengthen his position before a government reshuffle later this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping has his troops to call him “chairman.”
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KAI scores additional Thai T-50 orders for $258M
Thailand’s military government has approved the acquisition of eight KAI T-50 Golden Eagle lead-in fighter trainers from South Korea, adding to four aircraft it acquired in 2015.
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Hawaii in the crosshairs: The North Korean ICBM threat [Commentary]
North Korea is pursuing an ICBM, and its demonstration of foolhardy behavior combined with increasingly hostile rhetoric proves this is a real threat the United States cannot afford to ignore.
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Lucrative friendship: Israeli firms secure R&D, investment and trade with India
Israel’s top defense and aerospace firms are riding the wave of a high-profile friendship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with expanded defense trade, joint research and development, and a shared commitment by both leaders to augment strategic cooperation against common threats ranging from global terror to cybercrime.
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Swiss firm not extending maintenance deal for India’s PC-7 trainers
The aircraft, manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland and acquired in 2012, was under a maintenance deal that expired in December 2016.
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Analysts: India won’t ink a single-engine fighter deal before 2019
“There isn’t now even the slightest IAF interest in the F-16 Block 70 or any other variant” for the single-engine fighter program, even as the Air Force has decided to hold flight tests of Lockheed’s aircraft and Sweden’s Gripen-E, the two under consideration.
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China on its air drills near Japan: Don’t ‘make a fuss about nothing’
The Chinese Air Force said its aircraft flew through the Miyako Strait, near Japan, and through the Bashi Channel, which lies between independently ruled Taiwan and the Philippines.
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India begins talks for French Jaguar fighters
India has begun discreet negotiations with France for the purchase of 31 grounded strike fighters previously used by the French Air Force.
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Indian Navy launches hunt to acquire 110 helicopters in $5B deal
The Indian Navy has begun its process of acquiring 110 light utility helicopters after rejecting Russia’s Kamov Ka-226T, which are being built for the Air Force and Army, according to a Ministry of Defence official.
-
Boeing completes deliveries of F-15SG jets to Singapore
The FAA’s website showed that the last of eight F-15SGs on its civil register had its registration canceled in the middle of June, with export being listed the reason for cancellation and its destination listed as Singapore.
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China’s president has troops declare loyalty: Call me ‘chairman’
In a surprise move intended to strengthen his position before a government reshuffle later this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping has his troops to call him “chairman.”
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KAI scores additional Thai T-50 orders for $258M
Thailand’s military government has approved the acquisition of eight KAI T-50 Golden Eagle lead-in fighter trainers from South Korea, adding to four aircraft it acquired in 2015.
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Hawaii in the crosshairs: The North Korean ICBM threat [Commentary]
North Korea is pursuing an ICBM, and its demonstration of foolhardy behavior combined with increasingly hostile rhetoric proves this is a real threat the United States cannot afford to ignore.
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Lucrative friendship: Israeli firms secure R&D, investment and trade with India
Israel’s top defense and aerospace firms are riding the wave of a high-profile friendship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with expanded defense trade, joint research and development, and a shared commitment by both leaders to augment strategic cooperation against common threats ranging from global terror to cybercrime.
-
Swiss firm not extending maintenance deal for India’s PC-7 trainers
The aircraft, manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland and acquired in 2012, was under a maintenance deal that expired in December 2016.
-
Analysts: India won’t ink a single-engine fighter deal before 2019
“There isn’t now even the slightest IAF interest in the F-16 Block 70 or any other variant” for the single-engine fighter program, even as the Air Force has decided to hold flight tests of Lockheed’s aircraft and Sweden’s Gripen-E, the two under consideration.
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China on its air drills near Japan: Don’t ‘make a fuss about nothing’
The Chinese Air Force said its aircraft flew through the Miyako Strait, near Japan, and through the Bashi Channel, which lies between independently ruled Taiwan and the Philippines.
-
India begins talks for French Jaguar fighters
India has begun discreet negotiations with France for the purchase of 31 grounded strike fighters previously used by the French Air Force.
-
Indian Navy launches hunt to acquire 110 helicopters in $5B deal
The Indian Navy has begun its process of acquiring 110 light utility helicopters after rejecting Russia’s Kamov Ka-226T, which are being built for the Air Force and Army, according to a Ministry of Defence official.
-
Boeing completes deliveries of F-15SG jets to Singapore
The FAA’s website showed that the last of eight F-15SGs on its civil register had its registration canceled in the middle of June, with export being listed the reason for cancellation and its destination listed as Singapore.
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China’s president has troops declare loyalty: Call me ‘chairman’
In a surprise move intended to strengthen his position before a government reshuffle later this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping has his troops to call him “chairman.”
-
KAI scores additional Thai T-50 orders for $258M
Thailand’s military government has approved the acquisition of eight KAI T-50 Golden Eagle lead-in fighter trainers from South Korea, adding to four aircraft it acquired in 2015.
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Hawaii in the crosshairs: The North Korean ICBM threat [Commentary]
North Korea is pursuing an ICBM, and its demonstration of foolhardy behavior combined with increasingly hostile rhetoric proves this is a real threat the United States cannot afford to ignore.
