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France hopes for UAE Rafale dealFrance's senior defence industry lobbyist said on Sunday he was confident the UAE would buy Rafale fighter jets by 2015-2016, as the defence minister in Paris said talks on a deal had resumed. More… |
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Boeing wins $4bn Saudi fighter jet dealUS aerospace giant Boeing Company has secured a contract valued at $4 billion to modernize the Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force's fighter jet fleet, according to the Pentagon. The procurement order covers conversion of 68 existin More… |
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Rebels down fighter jet in SyriaRebel fighters trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad shot down a fighter jet as it flew over the northern Syrian town of Atarib in Idlib province, a witness said. The witness, an independent journalist who asked to remain anony More… |
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Turkey to buy two F-35s in 2012Turkey, which said in February it intended to buy 100 of Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jets, will buy only two this year, and will decide each following year how many planes it will order, Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz told Reuters. The P More… |
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BAE signs Saudi-Eurofighter dealBritish defence contractor BAE Systems said a contract to build 48 Typhoon aircraft in Britain for the Saudi Arabian air force had been signed but changes to the price of the deal had yet to be agreed. BAE had expected changes to the term More… |
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Boeing still in UAE fighter jet contestBoeing said it remains a contender to sell fighter jets to the UAE, after a much-awaited $10 billion deal with France's Dassault hit a roadblock in November. "The UAE deal is still being treated as an open competition," Paul Oliver, Boeing More… |
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$29bn US fighter jet sale to Saudi ArabiaThe United States will sell $29.4 billion in fighter jets to Saudi Arabia in a deal the White House said would support more than 50,000 jobs and help reinforce regional security in the Gulf amid mounting tensions with Iran. The sale cover More… |
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Oman to buy new batch of US jetsOman is buying a new batch of 12 late-model Lockheed Martin Corp F-16 multi-role fighter planes, the US Defense Department said, in a continuing buildup around Iran. The order, valued at $600 million, adds to the dozen F-16C/D models alrea More… |
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Britain eyes UAE defence partnershipA high-level UK delegation led by Gerald Howarth, Minister for International Security Strategy is at the Dubai Airshow to strengthen existing ties and build new industrial partnerships with companies in the UAE. He is being accompani More… |
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US suspends F-35 tests after device failureThe US Defense Department has suspended fleetwide ground and flight test operations of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, its costliest arms purchase. The department acted after the failure on Tuesday of one aircraf More… |
