November 22, 2024 Military Aviation News
11/22/2024
The leaders of Japan, Britain and Italy met in Brazil to discuss bringing Saudi Arabia on board in the development of a next-generation fighter aircraft, according to sources close to the Japanese government. The move is part of a multinational initiative dubbed the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) to jointly develop a sixth-generation stealth fighter.
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11/22/2024
Boeing’s F-15 jet is undergoing a renaissance in Asia, as two countries implement modernization programs on legacy fleets, and another customer eyes the latest F-15EX version. South Korea is the second Asian nation to announce F-15 upgrades. On Nov. 19, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) approved a $6.2 billion upgrade for all 59 Korean F-15K fighters.
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11/22/2024
NATO member Romania on Thursday signed a deal with Washington to buy 32 F-35 jets, citing an “acute need for credible deterrent and defensive capabilities” as war rages on in neighboring Ukraine. With an estimated cost of $6.5 billion approved by Romania’s parliament, it is the most expensive military purchase by the poor eastern European country, which has gained in strategic importance since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
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11/22/2024
Draken Europe signed a Letter of Intent with the Royal Netherlands Air Force force to deliver its unique brand of commercially contracted Adversary Air training throughout 2025 and 2026. The LoI was signed at the NEDS (Netherlands Industries for Defence & Security) exhibition in Rotterdam, and will see Draken provide advanced threat replication services using Aero Vodochody Aerospace (AVA) L-159E Honey Badger aircraft.
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11/22/2024
Bands of heavy rain and a layer of smog hung over the 600,000 visitors to Zhuhai International Airport in mid-November for the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition. But soaking, murky weather could not obscure another stunning display of progress by China’s aerospace industry.
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