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DefenseOSPREY CRASHED IN NORTH CAROLINA: NEW CHECKS
USA, U.S. Defense secretary William Cohen said it will appoint a panel of technical experts to review the entire Osprey program. The review will focus on safety, performance and cost issues. The Marine... more
DefenseINDIA WILL BUY JET TRAINERS FROM GREAT BRITAIN
NEW DELHI, INDIA, A military supply agreement, worth many million pound, has been signed by Great Britain and India. GB will supply an undisclosed number of Advanced Jet Trainer Hawks 115-Y produced by... more
DefenseIRAQ SUPPOSED TO HAVE LAUNCHED GROUND-TO-AIR MISSILES AGAINST ANGLO-AMERICAN FIGHTERS
IRAQ, Iraqi government said it launched ground-to-air missiles against U.S. and british fighters which were bombing Dohuk, Erbil et Ninive provinces in the north side of the country. The missiles forced... more
DefenseCALIFORNIA: F-14 WEAPONS TRAFFIC FOILED
WASHINGTON, A long investigation foiled a F-14 weapons traffic between US and Iran. Two persons, non-US citizens, living in California have been arrested. The weapons, wich commerce is regulated with... more
DefenseRUSSIAN AIR FORCE DENY TO HAVE SENT PICTURES TO KITTY HAWK CARRIER
MOSCOW, According to a Russian air force spokesman, no pictures of the flyover effectuated by two Russian Sukhoi aircraft over U.S. carrier Kitty Hawk has been sent by e-mail to the warship. "We have forgotten... more
DefenseAUSTRALIA WILL INCREASE DEFENCE SPENDING
AUSTRALIA, The government will spend an extra 12.4 billion U.S. dollars on its armed forces over the next decade. Three new air defence destroyers will be commissioned and four airborne early warning and... more
DefenseEADS TO SIGN AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA
PARIS, Philippe Camus, chairman of EADS, the European aerospace consortium, said he expects to sign an agreement with russian government before the end of the year. EADS will cooperate with Russia in three... more
DefenseAUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED ARMY REJUVENATION
AUSTRALIA, Australian prime minister John Howard announced a large upgrade of country's armed forces which will receive conspicuous quatities of new warplanes (about 100), new helicopters and electronic... more
DefenseBRITAIN WILL TAKE PART IN EU FORCE ONLY IF IT WON'T UNDERMINE NATO
LONDON, "We have made it quite clear that we will not sign up for anything that in any way jeopardises Nato, our trans-Atlantic relationship" said Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon. He added that "it is simply... more
DefenseNEW ZELAND: AIR FORCE ABOLITION'S PROPOSAL
NEW ZELAND, A newzealand minister, member of a minor party of the Labour government,proposed, provocatively, to abolish of the Air Force. Really, a reorganization of this industry was in progress in the... more
DefenseJAPAN PLACES E-2C UPGRADE ORDER
TOKYO, JAPAN, An order valued 60 USDm has been placed by Japan defense Agency in order to upgrade initially two of its 13 electronic surveillance E-2C aircraft fleet. The contractor is Northrop Grumman... more
DefenseGERMANY: WOMEN TO TAKE PART IN WARFARE
BERLIN, The law was approved by the Bundesrat, the german Upper House, last friday. It will allow female soldiers to take part in warfare and therefore use arms. Women should be able to join all military... more
DefenseFIRE IN A U.S. MISSILE CONTROL BASE, NO ONE INJURED
NORTH DAKOTA, USA, A fire has destroyed the surface facilities in a U.S. missile control base near Minot Air Force Base in the North Dakota. The launch control center, located 65 feet under ground has... more
DefenseRUSSIAN WEAPONS FOR SALE
RUSSIAN, Russian president, Vladimir Putin, had recently ordered the unification of the two governmental agencies Rosvooruzhenie and Oboronexport both in charge for exporting ex-URSS made military weapons.... more
DefenseEUROPEAN RAPID REACTION FORCE: 400 AIRCRAFTS SCHEDULED FOR 2003. UK COMMITMENT
LONDON, Uk Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said Great Britain will join european Rapid Reaction Force with 12.000 troops, 18 naval units, among them amphibious, aircarriers and helicoptercarriers, 73 aircrafts,... more
DefenseRUSSIA HAS MOVED SOME BOMBERS NEAR ALASKA
ALASKA, According to Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon, Russia has moved two of its TU-95 strategic bombers at Anadyr airbase near Bering sea, and another three at Tiksi airbase, on Laptev sea, allegedly... more
DefenseINDIA TO NEGOTIATE WITH BAE FOR JET FIGHTER TRAINERS
INDIA, Indian government confirmed it is in advanced talks with BAE to buy 66 jet fighter trainers. Twenty-four Hawk trainers will be bought directly from BAE, the other 42 aircrafts will be built locally... more
DefenseNEW ROUND OF TESTS FOR SU-30MKI FIGHTER
MOSCOW, The new round of tests of the russian multifunctional Su-30MKI fighter has begun at the Irkutsk Aircraft-Building Society (IABS), where the aircraft was built. India ordered 40 units of the fighter.... more
DefenseTURKISH ARMY TO NEGOTIATE WITH BOEING TO BUY SEVEN AWACS
TURKEY, The new was reported by turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit. The deal worths $1,5 billion. Ecevit added that in case the talks with Boeing would have negative result Turkey will start new negotiations... more
DefenseBOMBED SUDANESE CITY, 4 KILLED AND 32 INJURED
NAIROBI, KENYA, A fighter of sudanese air force dropped 17 bombs on Ikotos, 280 km east of Juba, in the south of Sudan. The attack killed four people and seriously injured other 32 people. It was launched... more
DefenseJOINT STRIKE FIGHTER X-35A TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER
EDWARDS, CALIFORNIA, The Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter X-35A broke the sound barrier in its twenty-fifth flight test. Test pilot Tom Morgenfeld siad "this is another example of our flight test program... more
DefenseITALY TO RENEW TORNADO'S LEASING
ROME, Italian Senate's Defense Committee said the leasing of 24 air defense "Tornado ADV" will be renewed. Minniti, the italian defense undersecretary, said the Chamber of Deputies approved an expense... more
DefenseEU SUMMIT IN NICE TO CLEAR RAPID REACTION FORCE
PARIS, Among the issues of the European Community's summit taking place in Nice on Decemember 7 and the day after there is the definition of the Rapid Reaction Force. Germany will commit 18.000 troops,... more
DefenseITALIAN AIR FORCE TO NEGOTIATE WITH FINMECCANICA FOR C27J PLANES
ROME, Italian Ministry of Defense is planning to purchase 12 C27J planes from Finmeccanica aerospace industry giving back the G22 fleet in exchange. An announcement of the negotiation was put in the italian... more
DefenseKOREA TO BUY RADAR SYSTEMS FROM LOCKHEED MARTIN
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, Korean government has decided to buy four sets of FPS-117E1 radar system from Lockheed Martin of the United States by 2003. The deal worths USD 54,5 million. Korea recently canceled... more
DefenseRUSSIA COULD SELL RADAR TO CHINA
BEIJING, CHINA, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Klebanov and chinese Prime Minister Zhu Ringji recently discussed the sale of four to six Beriev A-50 advanced radar aircraft. The deal would significantly... more
DefenseNATO AGENCY OF EUROFIGHTER MANAGEMENT IS DEVELOPING MODIFICATIONS OF THE PLANE
MUNICH, After the parliamentary question in which Senator Semenzato asked to know wheter the Eurofighter was going to be converted into a fighter, which he defined Eurobomber, optimized for air-to-ground... more
DefenseNEGOTIATIONS FOR GREECE'S PARTICIPATION IN THE EUROFIGHTER CONSORTIUM ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES
ATHENS, GREECE, The negotiations for Greece's participation in Eurofighter project could be completed in coming days. Greece has promised to buy 60 units of the plane, worthed dlrs 4.8 billion. The european... more
DefenseBOEING X-32A JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER FLIES AGAIN
USA, Boeing X-32A Joint Strike Fighter demonstrator resumed flight yesterday afternoon, after a stop of three weeks due to a hydraulic problem. It flew 30 minutes from Edwards AFB, California. An "interim... more
DefenseBELGIUM TO BUY SEVEN MILITARY AIRBUS NEXT YEAR
BRUSSELS, The belgian government will buy seven military Airbus A400 next year. The contract worths about one billion euro. The new was reported by an official of belgian ministry of Defense. Belgium also... more