September 13, 2010 Military Aviation News
09/13/2010
The Obama administration is set to notify Congress of plans to offer advanced aircraft to Saudi Arabia worth up to $60 billion, the largest U.S. arms deal ever, and is in talks with the kingdom about potential naval and missile-defense upgrades that could be worth tens of billions of dollars more.
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09/13/2010
Australia and China have played show-and-tell with their jet fighter aircraft ... in a gesture of transparency.
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09/13/2010
The Eurofighter consortium has made its debut appearance at Poland’s International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce, with the Typhoon being promoted as a potential replacement for the nation’s RSK MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-22M4 strike aircraft.
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09/13/2010
Britain’s Conservative government, faced with enormous deficits, may launch its Queen Elizabeth class carriers without airplanes to put on them as it considers early retirement for its Harrier jump jets.
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09/13/2010
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has requested technical information on the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, a surprise move that turns an anticipated order of Dassault Rafales into a $10 billion competition, an Arabian Gulf defense source said.
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09/13/2010
Seeing an almost limitless market, dozens of defense contractors - Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. among them - are now vying to build drone aircraft. They are building surveillance drones the size of insects that can fly through open windows, and others as big as jetliners that can skim the stratosphere.
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09/13/2010
There is nothing like mega arms deals to sweeten presidential visits. With Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy and Dmitry Medvedev slated to visit India in quick succession in November-December; India is fast-tracking major defence contracts with US, France and Russia.
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09/13/2010
BAE Systems has put parts of its US commercial aerospace business up for sale for $2bn (£1.3bn) as it prepares for swingeing cuts in defence spending.
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