February 26, 2010 Military Aviation News
02/26/2010
Pakistan has deferred the purchase of state of the art fighter J-10 planes from China till test flights.
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02/26/2010
Brazil looks poised by the end of March to pick the winner of a multibillion-dollar tender to supply its air force with state-of-the-art combat aircraft.
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02/26/2010
Saudi Arabia has decided to equip its new Eurofighter aircraft with Storm Shadow cruise missiles, and Brimstone anti-tank missiles. The Storm Shadow air launched stealthy cruise missile got its first combat experience over Iraq seven years ago. The 5.2 meter (16 foot) long, 1.3 ton missile has a 250 kilometer range and carries a penetrating warhead. The missile is a British modified version of the French Apache missile and entered service in late 2002, costing about $1.2 million each.
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02/26/2010
This week, the U.S. Air Force presented its revised request for proposals for the new KC-X tanker aircraft. Industry now has 60 days to submit bids, and the contract for the new tankers should be awarded sometime this summer.
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02/26/2010
China's military warned the US to "speak and act cautiously" to avoid reigniting tensions between the two countries amid speculation that the US is considering sales of advanced F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, following last month's announcement of a package of arms sales to the island.
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02/26/2010
Additional equipment is being developed to support early integration and testing of a revolutionary tactical network that will provide warfighters in the air, on land and at sea with secure, interoperable communications. The Lockheed Martin team developing the Airborne, Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) has received a contract option to increase the number of engineering development models (EDM) by 60 percent.
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