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Last Updated: Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, 9:19 AM PST
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Brazil & Sweden sign letter of intent. Sweden is prepared to start the process of buying C390 Millennium tactical transport aircrafts. Brazil plans to increase its order of 36 Gripen E/F fighter aircraft by 25%
By government.se: Brazil is planning to extend the contract on Jas 39 Gripen fighter aircraft from Sweden, while Sweden is ready to begin negotiations to purchase...
U.S. to deliver over 500 interceptor missiles to Ukraine
By AeroTime: The United States will deliver more than 500 interceptor missiles to Ukraine in the coming weeks to bolster the country’s air defense.
Pentagon officials anxious Trump may fire the military’s top general
By Politico: The president-elect has railed against “woke” generals and others who have pushed for diversity initiatives in the ranks.
US Space Force New GPS Satellites Are Running Months Behind Schedule
By Bloomberg: The Pentagon’s first batch of new and more capable GPS satellites is as much as eight to 11 months behind the desired delivery schedule because contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer green-lights multibillion-pound fighter jet with Italy and Japan
By Financial Times: Fate of joint Global Combat Air Programme had been in question under Labour’s strategic defence review.
South Korea Says North Is Disrupting GPS for Planes, Boats
By Bloomberg: North Korea is causing GPS disruptions for South Korean airplanes and boats in its latest cross-border provocation, according to the Defense Ministry in Seoul.
The man who commemorates Britain's wartime airfields. Kenneth Bannerman says his obsession began as a nine-year-old during a visit to a poultry farm
By BBC: Kenneth Bannerman says his obsession began as a nine-year-old during a visit to a poultry farm.