October 20, 2010 Military Aviation News

Indonesia set to continue buying arms from Russia

10/20/2010

Indonesia will continue its military-technical cooperation with Russia, the country's defense minister said on Wednesday.

Gulf states eye new combat jets

10/20/2010

As the U.S. Congress mulls the administration's plans to sell Saudi Arabia advanced F-15S strike jets and other weapons worth some $60 billion, Riyadh's Persian Gulf partners are also looking at new combat aircraft to counter Iran.

First Gripen flight for Saab´s new CEO

10/20/2010

Håkan Buskhe has only been CEO of Saab for one and a half months but he has already travelled the globe marketing Gripen to several countries. Yesterday, Mr Buskhe got his first flight in the Gripen fighter, taking-off from the Saab airfield in Linköping, Sweden.

Navy aircraft carriers not operational for 26 years

10/20/2010

The Royal Navy is set to lose its ability to fly combat jets off aircraft carriers for the next 26 years under defence cuts to be announced today, The Daily Telegraph has learnt.

Scrap the MMRCA, buy US F-35s

10/20/2010

Given the global buzz around the Indian Air Force ongoing $10-billion procurement of 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), my suggestion to scrap the process and, instead, go in for a straight buy of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightening II fighters is admittedly radical. But consider this: when the F-35 enters service, a couple of years from now, it will comfortably outclass every one of the six fighters that the IAF is currently evaluating.

India mulls Boeing Globemaster III deal

10/20/2010

India and Boeing remained locked in negotiations for the former's purchase of as many as 10 military transport aircraft by Dec. 15.

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