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Aviation Week’s DTI | David Eshel | March 10, 2010
Source: Military.com
This article first appeared in Defense Technology International.
The Israel Defense Forces medical corps is looking at procuring an innovative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that will evacuate critical casualties directly from [...]
Last update – 03:26 15/03/2010
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
Source: Haaretz
Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, has told the country’s diplomats there that U.S.-Israeli relations face their worst crisis in 35 years, despite attempts by Prime Minister Benjamin [...]
 [2010-03-10 8:10]
Source: SAAB
Defence and security company Saab has received an order from FMV (the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) concerning development of the existing Gripen fleet. The order value amounts to SEK 2 billion for Saab, split over a period of [...]
 By Philip Ewing
Published: 12 Mar 2010 15:12
U.S. Naval Air Systems Command grounded 104 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets March 12 after inspectors discovered the airframes were developing cracks much earlier than engineers had thought.
The grounding order [...]
 Story Number: NNS100311-32
Release Date: 3/11/2010 5:16:00 PM
Source: US Navy
By USS Abraham Lincoln Public Affairs
USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN, At Sea (NNS) — USS Abraham Lincoln successfully completed a test firing of its Close In Weapons System (CIWS) March 9, after receiving [...]
 News Release Number: EJK201002101
10-Feb-10
Source: Naval Air Systems Command
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Despite setbacks during an extensive repair cycle, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) returned a heavily modified NP-3D “Billboard” Orion with its distinctive radar panel to the Fleet Jan. 15.
 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Published: 13 Mar 2010 13:10
ATHENS – Greece announced March 13 that it had reached an agreement with German defense group ThyssenKrupp in a long-running dispute over the supply of four submarines.
The row began when Athens rejected the first submarine [...]
James Rupert, Bloomberg
Published on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:36 IST
Source: Bloomberg UTV
NEW DELHI: India, which has tripled its defense spending in a race against China’s military buildup, is having trouble converting the funding into weapons and equipment its military [...]
 Published on Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 14:47
Source: IBN Live
New Delhi: Russia will build more than 1,000 stealth fighter jets within four decades, including at least 200 for its traditional weapons buyer India, the head of plane maker Sukhoi said [...]
 By John Reed – Staff writer
Posted : Friday Mar 12, 2010 16:04:01 EST
Source: Air Force Times
The Air Force’s $35 billion KC-X competition may not end up being a sole-source competition. It appears that EADS is looking to buy time to [...]
by Staff Writers
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Mar 10, 2009
The Israeli air force has rolled out a fleet of massive pilotless planes that fly for a full day with the ability to reach the Persian Gulf. Made by Israel Aerospace Industries, [...]
 ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., March 10, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today announced it successfully demonstrated its LITENING advanced targeting capabilities on the U.S. Navy’s premier fighter/attack aircraft, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, marking the eighth U.S. combat aircraft [...]
 Says the exercise was a message to “nefarious” forces
Saturday, Mar 13, 2010
Source: The Hindu
Islamabad: The Pakistan Navy on Friday fired a variety of missiles and torpedoes from warships, submarines and aircraft in an intensive firepower drill in the north Arabian [...]
By Judith Snyderman
Special to American Forces Press Service
Source: US Dept of Defense
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2010 – Because one-third as many soldiers are killed in vehicle accidents as in combat, researchers are developing a training simulator that creates environments mirroring the [...]
 Hands-On Training Helps Turkish Aerospace Industries Prepare for Its Role as a Second Source Supplier for Jet’s Center Fuselage
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – March 9, 2010 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is adding momentum to Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc.’s (TAI) readiness [...]
 The suicide blasts come seconds apart and fan fears of a new wave of militant violence after a period of calm. Pakistanis had been gaining confidence that offensives were shutting down the Taliban.
By Alex Rodriguez and Aoun Sahi
March 12, 2010 [...]
 By TOM KINGTON
Published: 11 Mar 2010 07:19
Italy’s AgustaWestland has signed a 560 million euro contract to supply 12 AW101 helicopters to the Indian Air Force, the firm announced March 11.
The contract for the helicopters, which will perform government transport duties, [...]
11/03/2010
Source: RIA Novosti
A new Russian-Indian military transport plane could make its maiden flight by 2018, the head of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said.
Multi Role Transport aircraft – Date 14 February 2009 – Author: Jinu.raghavan
Russia and India signed [...]
 MOORESTOWN, NJ, March 11th, 2010 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), in support of the U.S. Navy, successfully completed Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) for Aegis Combat Systems installed aboard U.S. and Spanish navy ships. The last time these two [...]
 11 March 2010
Delays in the production of the F-35 joint strike fighter are forcing Israel to consider postponing the contract signing with the US for the fifth-generation stealth fighter.
Israel earlier decided to sign the letter of agreement (LOA) with the [...]
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