South Korea was widely expected to pick the U.S.-based Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as its major next- generation fighter jet that will replace aging fleets from 2017, a local newspaper reported on Monday citing government and defense officials. According to the local daily Chosun Ilbo, the country’s Air Force has recently proposed to the Joint Chiefs […]

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The European Space Agency’s 1.1-ton GOCE gravity-mapping satellite reentered the Earth's atmosphere Sunday night, burning up harmlessly as expected. "ESA's GOCE satellite reentered Earth's atmosphere on a descending orbit pass that extended across Siberia, the western Pacific Ocean, the eastern Indian Ocean and Antarctica," the agency said in a statement. An estimated 25 percent of […]

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ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. – Nov. 11, 2013 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has delivered LITENING G4 advanced targeting systems to the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) for its F-16 aircraft following a rigorous flight test and evaluation program. The LITENING G4 pods give pilots powerful capabilities for detecting, identifying and tracking targets at long ranges […]

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From USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Public Affairs USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71), At Sea  (NNS) — The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) conducted flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Nov. 10. The event, the most-recent in a series of carrier-based tests, demonstrated the integration of the latest […]

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Fort Worth, TX – November 11, 2013 – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today it has delivered the first seven of 15 Bell 429s to the Turkish National Police on or ahead of schedule. The aircraft will be used for a wide array of law enforcement missions, including surveillance, personnel transport […]

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Alenia Aermacchi's plant in Venegono has begun assembling Israel’s first M-346 advanced jet trainer. The three major components of the first aircraft–called Lavi in Israeli Air & Space Force– are currently being joined to form the aircraft’s structure. Israeli’s first M-346 will make its way down the assembly line and roll out of the factory […]

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