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‘No company is immune’: Supply chain woes weigh on defense firms
Supply chain problems have hit all sides of the defense industry in unexpected ways -- and small businesses with narrower profit margins are particularly worried about how they can weather this storm.
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Europe
Italy air force F-35B makes first time landing on Italian carrier
The exercise was officially about F-35Bs from different countries working together, but the big breakthrough was the sight of Italian Navy and Air Force jets flying alongside each other after a slow start to cooperation between the forces.
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Niger becomes first foreign customer of Turkey’s Hurkus aircraft
Officials have not disclosed the quantity and exact variant associated with the order, but a recent interview hints at 12 Hurkus-C aircraft.
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Taiwan commissions first upgraded F-16 fighter wing
Taiwan officially commissioned its upgraded Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon multi-role fighter jets into service, with a ceremony at an airbase on its west coast on Wednesday.
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EU nations add air, space and drone tech to their defense cooperation roster
European Union defense ministers have approved new collaborative projects meant to boost the bloc’s military capabilities in air, space and drone operations.
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UAE Air Force awards $3 billon maintenance contact to local firm GAL
To fulfil this agreement, GAL signed another contract with a separate Edge subsidiary, AMMROC, to perform the maintenance at the latter’s Al Ain facility, which was first unveiled at the 2019 Dubai Airshow.
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British Air Force hails first-ever test flight using only synthetic fuel
The successful flight by senior RAF test pilot Group Captain Peter Hackett has been logged by Guinness World Records.
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Got cruise missile-armed cargo planes? The US Air Force is nearly there.
The Air Force hopes to one day be able to launch a barrage of cruise missiles or other weapons out of the back of airlift planes.
British F-35 crashes into the Mediterranean, pilot ejects safely
A British F-35B combat jet based on the new Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, the Ministry of Defence confirmed Nov. 17.
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American official: US ‘fully committed’ to F-35 sale to UAE
The U.S. remains “fully committed” to a proposed sale of advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates, despite the Biden administration slowing down the deal, a senior American official overseeing arms exports said Tuesday.
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