China and Pakistan Push Chengdu JF-17 Fighter for Export By: Chris Pocock   In the same week that the Chengdu JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft made its international debut at the Farnborough airshow, the product of this co-development between China and Pakistan was offered to Indonesia. The Pakistan Defence Minister signed a defense cooperation agreement with his Indonesian counterpart in Jakarta. The list of countries that the Sino-Pakistan joint venture is targeting for sales is expanding

Azerbaijan to buy training target drones from Turkey   Azerbaijan will buy Turna unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for training and target practice from Turkey, the Baku based ARA news agency reported on Friday.   "Negotiations on a deal are underway with Turkey," Turkish military sources were quoted as saying.   They also said a group of Azerbaijani servicemen had been trained in Turkey in how to use, operate and service the aircraft.   Turna aircraft are manufactured by Turkish Aero

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Royal Navy’s Most Advanced Destroyer Sets Course into Service   By UK Ministry of Defence   While appearing at Portsmouth Navy Days the first of the Royal Navy's new Type 45 Class destroyers, HMS Daring, was declared formally available for tasking on Saturday 31 July 2010.   HMS Daring was commissioned into the Royal Navy fleet in July 2009. Since then the ship has been undertaking a series of MoD-managed trials and acceptance activities to test and confirm the ship's technical capabil

Lockheed's F-16 shows resilience as Oman is interested in buying more   By Bob Cox rcox@star-telegram.com   Lockheed Martin will someday build the last F-16 fighter jet at its Fort Worth plant, but that day is still years away.   Lockheed could be close to landing another foreign order for F-16s after the Defense Department notified Congress on Tuesday that the government of Oman requested permission to negotiate to buy 18 planes, weapons and other equipment worth about $3.5 billion.

Iran claims to have smuggled anti aircraft missile systems into country   By Damien McElroy   Iran claimed it had smuggled four S-300 anti aircraft missile systems with a 90 mile range in defiance of United Nations sanction that prompted a Russian ban on selling the sophisticated defence system to Tehran.   US and British officials responded with delight when Moscow unexpectedly pulled out of a deal to sell the system to Iran after the UN passed sanctions including an arms embargo on t

Delay Scuttles Chance at $40 Billion Air Force Deal   By Noah Shachtman   Somehow, against all odds, the already-surreal competition to build America’s next fleet of tanker planes just got sillier and more venal. A tiny, troubled aerospace firm and its Ukrainian partner have been disqualified from the bidding because they handed in their proposal five minutes too late. The companies, for their part, insist that their messenger had a few minutes to spare.   For at least a decade, the