span id=”ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblBody” style=”font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;”The General Manager of Iran’s Aviation Industry Organization in the Defense Ministry, Majid Hedayat, said Wednesday that the organization would soon launch a mass production line for the new fighter jets.br / br /”The new generation of Saeqeh fighters are equipped with additional facilities and capabilities,” Fars News Agency quoted [...]
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Following strong protests from Pakistan against ground raids by American commandos, the US is now increasingly relying instead on an intensifying campaign of airstrikes by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) against militants in the mountainous region bordering Aghanistan.pAttacks by remotely piloted Predator aircraft have seen a sharp increase over the past three months. There were [...]
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The Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) being jointly developed by India and Russia will look substantially different for the two countries. While the Russian version will be a single-pilot fighter, the Indian variant will have a twin-seat configuration based on its operational doctrine which calls for greater radius of combat operations. The program is initiated [...]
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pROME – Italy has given up the chance of taking part in a pending initial evaluation stage within the Joint Strike Fighter program, the apparent consequence of budget cuts./ppWhile it remains a program partner, intending to buy up to 131 aircraft, and has invested in the development phase, Italy will no longer exercise an option [...]
Two French fighter jets collided off the coast of Brittany on Wednesday and one of the two pilots was found while the other was being searched for, the Defence Ministry said.br /br /The two Super-Etendard jets, made by Dassault Aviation, crashed during a training exercise at around 5:10 p.m. (1510 GMT) 27 km (17 miles) [...]
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span class=”t13″The United States government said Tuesday it had approved the sale to Israel of 25 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft and an option for 50 more in coming years, for a deal valued at up to $15.2 billion.br /br /The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said the deal is vital to U.S. national [...]
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