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http://www.dassault-aviation.com/en/dassault-aviation/press/press-kits/rafale-f3-r-standard-launched/ Mérignac, 10th January 2014 – Today, Mr Jean-Yves le Drian, Minister for Defense, handed Mr Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, the “F3 R” standard development contract for the RA...

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/netherlands-details-f-35-transition-plan-394532/ The Royal Netherlands Air Force's 322 Sqn will become the service's first operational unit to fly the Lockheed Martin F-35, after converting to the type from the Lockheed F-16. Also currently located at Leeuw...

http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/24476/53/ Slovakia is considering ordering Swedish JAS-39 Gripen jets to replace its fleet of Russian MiG-29s, local media reported Wednesday. Although U.S. F-16 remains an option, the Slovak Defense Ministry appears to be inclined toward Gripen, because the E...

http://defense-update.com/20140107_uscg_c27j.html The United States Coast Guard (USCG) will acquire 14 Alenia Aermacchi C-27Js Spartan as part of an intra-service transfer from the United States Air Force (USAF), the aircraft manufacturer, Alenia North America announced. The transfer was approved o...

http://www.agustawestland.com/news/agustawestland-signs-norwegian-all-weather-sar-helicopter-contract-16-aw101-helicopters AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract for 16 AW101 helicopters plus support and training, valued at approximately £...

http://www.journal-aviation.com/actualites/25378-les-deux-mq-9-reaper-francais-sont-operationnels# In french: Le ministère de la Défense l’a annoncé ce matin : Les deux drones MQ-9 Reaper de General Atomics destinés à équiper l’armée de l’air sont à présent opérationnels et s’apprêtent à être déplo...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/6-nato-troops-die-afghanistan-aircraft-crash/ KABUL, Afghanistan -- Six U.S. troops were killed Tuesday when their Blackhawk helicopter made a hard landing in southern Afghanistan and then came under attack by insurgents, American officials tell CBS News. It was not imme...

http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20131216/185610469/MiG-31-Flights-Suspended-in-Russia-After-Crash.html MOSCOW, December 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Air Force has grounded all MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor jets while investigators establish the cause of a crash of one of the planes, RIA Novosti has lea...

http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20131214/185547909/Crew-Escape-Russian-Fighter-Jet-Crash.html MOSCOW, December 14 (RIA Novosti) – Two Russian Air Force crew members ejected to safety when their MiG-31 interceptor crashed on Saturday in the Far Eastern Primorye region, local authorities said. The air...

http://thebaseleg.blogspot.fr/2013/12/chinese-jian-8-crashes-in-zhejiang.html BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- A fighter plane crashed in Anji County in east China's Zhejiang Province at 7:11 p.m. on Thursday, leaving the pilot dead, according to the Ministry of National Defense. The fighter aircraft, ...

http://www.kansas.com/2013/12/12/3175403/scorpions-first-flight-is-milestone.html Textron AirLand engineering test pilot Dan Hinson couldn’t quit smiling Thursday afternoon. Neither could others working on the Scorpion intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance strike aircraft under development ...

http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201312110012.aspx Taipei, Dec. 11 (CNA) The Ministry of National Defense will hold a formal delivery ceremony later this week for the first batch of six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters purchased from the United States, the agency said recently. The six helicopters, ...

On December 14, India will pledge a second Advanced Light Helicopter, Dhruv, to the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF). The visiting Maldivian Minister of Defence Mohamed Nazim will uncover the frame-marking of the indigenously-built ALH. The ALH, manned by Indian naval crew and build by the Hin...