Weapons
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International
As Pompeo Issues INF Ultimatum, Defense Hawks in Washington Suggest Weapons for Post-treaty World
The day the U.S. delivered an ultimatum that it could leave the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty by February, hawkish think-tankers and former government shared weapons shopping lists for the […]
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Navy/USMC
MDA Succeeds In Fourth SM-3 IIA Intercept After Two Failures
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully conducted the fourth Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA intercept test on Friday, called Flight Test Standard Missile-45 (FTM-45), following two failures. This latest test […]
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Pentagon
New Fuel Tube Issues Ground Several F-35s For Second Time This Month
Following the Oct. 11 grounding of all F-35 Joint Strike Fighters due to a failed fuel tube in some aircraft, two additional fuel supply tubes have been identified as suspect […]
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International
Belgium Picks F-35 Over European Options for Future Fighter
Belgium has chosen Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for its next fighter aircraft over several potential European options, becoming the 13th country to select the fifth-generation platform. The […]
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Air Force
Majority of F-35 Aircraft Cleared For Flight After Fuel Tube Tests
Less than a week after the Pentagon’s entire fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters was temporarily grounded to investigate a suspect fuel tube, the majority of the aircraft are back […]
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Air Force
F-35s Grounded Worldwide For Fuel Tube Inspection
The U.S. military’s most sophisticated fighter aircraft fleet was temporarily suspended from operations beginning Thursday as the Defense Department worked to determine which of their platforms had a suspect part […]
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Air Force
F-35 PEO: Unit Cost Could Drop Below $80 Million by 2020
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) remain on track to reach a unit price of $80 million — or less — by lot 14, the program […]
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Missile Defense
MDA Says SM-3 IIA Test Failure Caused By Third Stage Ignition Part
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said it found the likely reason why a Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile failed to intercept a target in a January test (FTM-29): […]
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Air Force
F-35 Program Office: No Change Anticipated for Deliveries to Turkey
The Department of Defense (DoD) continues to move forward with plans to deliver F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to Turkey on schedule, even as it makes progress on a congressionally mandated […]
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Air Force
F-35 Program Office Aiming to Keep Deliveries on Track with New Performance Incentives
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) is looking to target late delivery timelines and quality inefficiencies with its next production lot by instating new production efficiency initiatives, the program executive […]
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