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Delivery of Turkish F-35s Restricted

Row Over Detained Pastor and Russian Air Defence System Intensifies

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Turkey’s participation in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme dates from 1999, when it invested U$6.2 million in the Concept Demonstration Phase (CDP) as a Level IV partner through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) system. The nation then became a Level III partner, committing $175 million to the System Development & Demonstration (SDD) phase in July 2002, spread over 11 fiscal years. In addition, the Turkish government has made $75 million in credit available to Turkish companies to update their production infrastructure for the JSF programme. In 2007 Turkey pledged $700 million to the Production, Sustainment and Follow-on Development (PSFD) phase, making a further $250 million available to support participating industry. The agreement stipulates that, as a Level III partner, Turkey’s maximum contribution to shared costs in the PSFD phase were not to exceed $690 million.

Turkey and the Stealth Plane

F-35A crucial to continued TurAF modernisation and Turkey’s security strategy

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The ALQ-211 family of systems detects, denies, disrupts, degrades and evades lethal threats and provides multi-spectral (radio frequency, infrared and laser) situational awareness. When the aircrew encounters a threat emission, the ALQ-211 establishes the threat range from the mission aircraft. If an aircraft is in lethal range of the threat, the ALQ-211 initiates an integrated instantaneous response, breaking missile lock through RF countermeasures, and cues the use of chaff and flares. As the aircraft’s survivability suite controller, the ALQ-211 coordinates the response for laser and infrared threats, providing a truly integrated approach to aircraft self-protection. Based on a modular system approach, AIDEWS can be tailored to unique customer requirements to provide integrated radar warning and RF countermeasures and advanced stand-alone radar warning. A modular systems approach is now available in an externally mounted pod, either for Electronic Warfare (EW) system upgrades or to add EW capability to a wide array of fighter aircraft. The pod-based system leverages our proven modular, scalable ALQ-211 system and ensures EW capability for deployment around the world. (Photo: Harris)

Harris EW Systems for International F-16s

Contract Award Positions Company to Win Additional F-16 EW Upgrade Work Worldwide

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Ivory Coast Receives Two An-26Bs

Slow Rebuild of Air Force Largely Destroyed in 2004

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Leonardo & Milan Polytechnic's Future Helicopter Tech

New Materials, Reduced Vibration and Predictive Maintenance Feature in Research

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On 2 August, the British Ministry of Defence announced that Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to the southern European region during meetings with his Romanian counterpart Mihai Fifor in Bucharest. They discussed existing mutual defence activity and announced their intention to step up Anglo-Romanian co-operation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding before the end of this year.

UK and Romania Strengthen Defence Ties

Post-Brexit Defence Plans Discussed

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ASELPOD on JF-17 Comfirmed!

Aselsan supplied targeting pods for Pakistan's JF-17 fighter jets

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The MALD-J is the jamming variant of the missile and is the first stand-in jammer ever to enter production. (Photo: Raytheon)

Raytheon $96 Million Order for MALD

2,000 Systems Delivered Over Ten Years

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First MTR390-Enhanced MRO Facility Approved

Priorities are “Efficiency and Operational Readiness”

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Argentina & South Africa Seek Better Defence Industry Collaboration

MoU Signed During BRICS Summit

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Morocco Eyes Attack Helicopters

APACHE and T-129 Both in Prospect

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SCORPION & SYNTURIAN Demonstrate MUM-T

Textron Companies provide a Glimpse of the Future

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Luxembourg Orders Two H145Ms

Delivery by Late 2019

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Thales BAT-120 GL Achieves First Guided Firing

Lightweight Precision Guided Munition for Demanding Applications

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L3 WESCAM Delivers MX-15 in Support of Canadian Fixed-Wing SAR

EO/IR Systems configured to Effectively Support 18 Million km2 Search Area

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What a Difference a Year Makes….

BAE Systems/Prismatic HALE PHASA-35 Begins Trials Next Year

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Bulgaria Looks for New Combat Aircraft Again

Bulgaria to Invite Seven Countries to Bid to Supply Fighter Jets

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Iran Upgrades Su-22s

F-4 and F-14 Aircraft Also Overhauled

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