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Air

T-929 to make Maiden Flight in two Years

15 Mar, 12:14
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Turkish Aerospace, member of the Board of Directors and CEO Temel Kotil attended a television programme. He talked about the firm's projects and achievements.

Air Defence Politics

A Review of F-35 Discussion

13 Mar, 04:11
5 min read

A recent article published at the Hill represents that “Pandora’s box” about the F-35 is open now: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is a “rathole”.

Navy / Maritime Air

The State Department has decided to approve a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Germany of P-8A Aircraft and Associated Support, and related equipment, for an estimated cost of $1.77 billion. The Defence Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.

Air

Dutch Air Force to Patrol on Belgian Air Space

11 Mar, 05:09
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Royal Netherlands Air Force takes over Belgium’s Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) duties after the F-16 grounding to perform QRA air-policing to cover up.

Navy / Maritime Air Modernisation

Second Meltem-3 at Blue Homeland

10 Mar, 04:31
2 min read

The second P-72 Maritime Patrol Aircraft was delivered to the naval forces within the scope of the P-72 MELTEM-3 Project.

Air Modernisation

Belgian Air Force Grounds F-16 Fleet

10 Mar, 09:38
2 min read

Belgian Air Force announced from its Twitter account that an F-16 aircraft had engine problems on take-off and landed immediately on February 11. The investigation shows that several engines are likely to present the same problem. It is why all the F-16 engines must be checked and the fleet immobilized while awaiting results.

Air

UK Reduces F-35 Fleet Giving a Path to Tempest

09 Mar, 09:28
2 min read

British Ministry of Defence (MOD) goes to significant cuts to the Royal Air Force F-35 acquisition plans. The cuts include a potential reduction of the planned F-35B stealth fighter fleet by around two-thirds.

Air Investment Country Modernisation

US Top Lawmaker Calls F-35’ Rathole,’

09 Mar, 09:10
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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is under the scope of the House Armed Services Committee which called the F-35 a “rathole” in a virtual event.

Air Bilateral Relations Defence Politics

Egypt’s Su-35 CAATSA Triangle

06 Mar, 01:26
1 min read

According to Al-Monitor, Russia officially announced that Egypt had received five Sukhoi Su-35 advanced combat aircraft.

Air Weapon / Missile

MBDA Awarded First Contract For Albatros NG

04 Mar, 04:33
1 min read

MBDA has been awarded the first contract for Albatros NG, a brand new CAMM-ER-based air defence system.

Air Weapon / Missile Unmanned Systems Sensors

Unmanned AN-2s: Azerbaijan’s Unknown Heroes

04 Mar, 02:30
2 min read

Middle East Eye (MEE) unrevealed information about the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict. According to Ragıp Soylu’s report, the Azerbaijani military used Soviet-era Antonov An-2 single-engine aircraft as a decoy to destroy Russian S-300s with Israeli “Harop” suicide drones.