Topic: Military Aircraft Technology
Iran launches production lines for unmanned planes
AP News
Iran launches production lines for 2 unmanned planes with attack capabilitiesIran has launched two production lines to build unmanned aircraft with surveillance and attack capabilities, the defense minister announced Monday. It also announced that Iran would soon deploy a missile air defense system more powerful than the advanced Russian S-300 ...
Defense chief fires head of troubled office
AP News
Defense chief duns contractor Lockheed Martin and fires head of troubled fighter jet programDefense Secretary Robert Gates is removing at least one senior manager and withholding money from a defense contractor because of continued troubles in the Pentagon's marquee fighter jet program. Gates said the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ...
China US Taiwan Arms Sales
AP News
Visitors to the Chinese military museum look at remains of U.S. made Taiwanese reconnaissance planes, at left, shot down by the Chinese in the 1960's, and a Chinese fighter jet in Beijing, China, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. China angrily summoned the U.S. ambassador on Saturday and warned ...
Pentagon underscores commitment to F-35
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn on Thursday underscored the Pentagon's commitment to Lockheed Martin Corp's $300 billion F-35 fighter jet, saying the U.S. government and its allies still planned to buy 3,000 of the new fighters over time. "We are heavily investing in the ...
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