FY20 Budget Overview, Part 2: Navy Programs
The Pentagon has laid out a $205.6 billion budget for the Navy in FY20, an increase of around 5.1 percent compared to the FY19 enacted level of $195.6 billion. Mirroring …
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Israel Nearing Major Aircraft Buy
The Israeli Air Force is nearing a multi-billion-dollar order for American-made aircraft. On April 28, 2019, IsraelDefense magazine reported on the current status of Israel’s pending acquisition of U.S.-made aircraft. …
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Greece Contemplates F-35 Acquisition to Replace Oldest F-16s
by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. Greece might find itself joining the field of F-35 operators in the not-so-distant future as part of a larger effort to improve …
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U.S. Freezes F-35 Parts Delivery to Turkey over S-400 Purchase
The fallout from Turkey’s procurement of the Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile air-defense system continues to add to the growing strain on the once-solid Turkey-U.S. relationship. After months of warnings …
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Poland’s Harpia Fighter Acquisition Program Tops Project Queue
Following the third crash of one of its MiG-29 Fulcrum combat aircraft in a little over a year, Poland intends to fast forward its Harpia procurement program. The grounding of …
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Rostec Official Discusses Russia’s Defense Export Outlook
Russia’s main defense conglomerate, Rostec, is working to adjust to a “rapidly changing world” in the defense market. In a recent interview with Defense News at the sidelines of the …
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Pentagon Reducing F-35 Buy in 2020 Budget Request
VIDEO – Pentagon Reducing F-35 Buy in 2020 Budget Request
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S-400 Debacle – A Close Look at Turkey’s F-35 Industrial Participation
by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. Background Information: Turkey is a member of NATO and a critical geopolitical partner, and has been an F-35 partner nation since the …
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Singapore Defense Ministry Sheds Some Light on F-35 Procurement
The Minister of Defense for Singapore, Ng Eng Hen, has shed some light on the acquisition of the F-35 for the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF). During a parliamentary …
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F-35C Achieves Initial Operational Capability
The U.S. Navy announced on February 28 that the aircraft carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35C Lightning II, met all requirements and had achieved Initial Operational Capability …
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