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In testimony to parliament on the F-35, for which Australia is one of the largest international buyers with plans for up to 100, Australia's air force chief Air Marshal Geoff Brown said rivals were years behind the Lightning II's development.
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In testimony to parliament on the F-35, for which Australia is one of the largest international buyers with plans for up to 100, Australia's air force chief Air Marshal Geoff Brown said rivals were years behind the Lightning II's development.
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CANBERRA, May 16- Australia is set to buy up to $3 billion worth of long-range maritime patrol drones and said on Thursday it had asked close ally the United States for detailed information and costings on the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft.
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As American defense companies prepare to feel the ill effects of the sequester on their bottom lines, the companies are increasingly looking to court new customers abroad.
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BUSH, May 14- The U.S. Navy made aviation history on Tuesday by launching an unmanned jet off an aircraft carrier for the first time, taking an important step toward expanded use of drones by the American military with an eye on possible rivals like China and Iran.
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BUSH, May 14- The U.S. Navy made aviation history on Tuesday by launching an unmanned jet off an aircraft carrier for the first time, taking an important step toward expanded use of drones by the American military with an eye on possible rivals like China and Iran.
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*Army decision closely watched by industry. Industry executives say they hope to hear more in June or July, but their hopes for a new acquisition program- one of few on the horizon- have dimmed given disparaging comments by top Army officials in recent weeks about flight demonstrations of some possible "off-the-shelf" helicopters last year.
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"We're moving forward as we planned all along," said Kelly Burdick, spokeswoman for the Navy office that is overseeing the competition, one of the few for new military helicopters in coming years.
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*Australia commits to F-35 purchases, to buy Boeing Growlers. CANBERRA, May 3- Australia announced a significant boost to its military air power on Friday, committing to buy up to new 100 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35.
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*New defence strategy accepts rise of China's military* Australia says China-US need to build strategic relationship By James Grubel. CANBERRA, May 3- Australia announced a significant boost to its military air power on Friday, committing to buy up to new 100 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35.
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The new approach combines MH-60 Romeo helicopters the Navy currently uses with the MQ-8 Fire Scout, a Northrop Grumman- built drone that looks and launches like a helicopter. The Navy has been testing the Fire Scout since 2007 and deploying it since 2009, using it for counter-narcotics operations and in Afghanistan.
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MILAN, May 2- Alenia Aermacchi, a company of Italy's defence group Finmeccanica, has won a contract worth $141 million for Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jets programme.
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WASHINGTON, April 29- The U.S. Army will hold a flight demonstration on Tuesday of a newly upgraded version of the Vietnam- era OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter, an Army- led initiative that officials say will save $600 million in coming years.
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* "No more Mali" if France's military budget cut, army says. CANJUERS ARMY BASE, DRAGUIGNAN, France, April 28- E xplosions echo through a valley in southern France, sending up plumes of smoke as four Caesar self-propelled guns fire at distant targets in drills that mirror operations in Mali.
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* "No more Mali" if France's military budget cut, army says. CANJUERS ARMY BASE, DRAGUIGNAN, France, April 28- E xplosions echo through a valley in southern France, sending up plumes of smoke as four Caesar self-propelled guns fire at distant targets in drills that mirror operations in Mali.
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*Norway about to order another six F-35 jets. GARDERMOEN, Norway, April 26- Oil-rich Norway is stretching out its purchase of 52 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from Lockheed Martin, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, a move that will nudge up the total cost but reduce the annual burden on the defence budget.
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*Norway about to order another six F-35 jets. GARDERMOEN, Norway, April 26- Oil-rich Norway is stretching out its purchase of 52 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from Lockheed Martin, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, a move that will nudge up the total cost but reduce the annual burden on the defence budget.
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*Norway about to order another six F-35 jets. GARDERMOEN, Norway, April 26- Oil-rich Norway is stretching out its purchase of 52 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from Lockheed Martin, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, in a move that will nudge up the cost but reduce the burden on the annual defence budget.
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*Norway about to order another six F-35 jets. GARDERMOEN, Norway, April 26- Oil-rich Norway is stretching out its purchase of 52 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from Lockheed Martin, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, in a move that will nudge up the cost but reduce the burden on the annual defence budget.
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WASHINGTON, April 24- The Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program on Wednesday said there was "some risk" that software being developed by Lockheed Martin Corp for the Air Force version of the new fighter plane would be delayed beyond late 2017..
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WASHINGTON, April 19- The U.S. Air Force said on Friday that U.S.-based Sierra Nevada Corp and Brazil's Embraer would continue work on a $428 million contract to build new attack aircraft for Afghanistan after a federal court rejected a challenge by rival Beechcraft.