Новости ВПК иностранных СМИ за 17.02.2019

MUNICH — Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe said Saturday he does not oppose Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and sought to clarify his previous remarks which he said were misinterpreted as an attack. ...

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Rehman Malik has sent a letter to Marshall Billingslea, President, ...

ONBOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT — Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said Saturday he had made no decisions on whether the border wall was militarily necessary, a key determination required before military construction funds could be redirected to build it. On Friday, ...

The Indian Air Force Saturday carried out a mega exercise here involving around 140 fighter jets and attack helicopters, in a fire power demonstration close to the border with Pakistan that came two days after the Pulwama attack. ...

MUNICH - Vice President Mike Pence repeated warnings to Turkey not to proceed with the purchase of Russia's S-400 missile defense system, a day after Turkey dismissed the first of two deadlines to cease with the planned sale. Pence, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, ...

The maiden visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to Pakistan has been delayed by a day for unknown reasons. ...

The rifle itself was just a mockup cast of the G11, loaned to the production team by H&K; and outfitted with a bunch of embellishments and accessories fit for a Hollywood blockbuster .Decades before the U.S. ...

For the past seven years, three Air Force civilians at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., have focused on the mantra of 'reduce, reuse and recycle' when working with equipment and materials for contracts tied to the base's mission. And it's helped the service save -- $1 billion, to be exact. ...

The time is indeed now to lean into game-changing defence partnerships with India, global aerospace giant Lockheed Martin's top American executive has said.Vivek Lall, Lockheed Martin's vice president of strategy and business development, ...

The Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) is at striking distance from being inducted into the armed forces. The designers and test crew at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (LTD) vouch for the LCH's might, ...

A new weapon designed by Sig Sauer is leading what could be a return to the submachine gun platform. The new MCX Copperhead submachine gun was likely designed for use by U.S. Army VIP protection teams looking for a concealable, high firepower weapon. ...

One of the Polish MiG-29 Fulcrums made an emergency landing at the 22nd AB in Malbork around noon on Feb. 15, 2019, Onet.pl reports. The incident has been confirmed by Marek Pawlak, spokesman for the Polish MoD. Onet.pl, ...

'History,' it has been written, 'does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.' Today it's rhyming with Gen. Billy Mitchell. In the 1920s, Mitchell challenged conventional thinking by advocating air power at sea in the face of a naval establishment dominated by battleship proponents. ...

The Battle of Antietam, fought September 17, 1862, was the culmination of the first invasion of the North during the American Civil War by General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. ...

Earlier this year defence-blog.com reported on a new man-portable anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) reported to be in development by the Russian military complex. These reports compared the upcoming system to the American Javelin system, due to the rocket being fire-and-forget. ...

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. -- Elizabeth City State University, a historically black college with the only four-year aviation degree in North Carolina, could help the Coast Guard increase its number of pilots. ...

You may probably remember what happened in 2017, when the first F-35A jets, belonging to the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings at Hill AFB, Utah, deployed to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to take part in the type's first Red Flag exercise. During that iteration, designated RF 17-1, the U.S. ...

The Union government has hiked the basic customs duty on all goods imported from the neighbouring country to 200 percent with immediate effect.This comes after India revoked the 'Most Favoured Nation' (MFN) status to Pakistan on February 15 following the Pulwama terror strike, ...

AL-OMAR OIL FIELD BASE, Syria (AP) — The offensive on the last enclave held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria has been blunted by the discovery of hundreds of civilians still living there, a commander with the Kurdish-led force fighting the extremists said Friday.The U.S. ...

MUNICH — Amid plans to withdraw 1,000 or more American troops from Afghanistan, several key U.S. lawmakers, after meeting with President Ashaf Ghani on Saturday, warned against a wider drawdown like the one President Donald Trump has planned for Syria. ...

JERUSALEM — In January, Elta Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, signed a contract to supply Finland with its ELM-2311 Compact Multi-Mission Radars. ELTA has sold more than 100 of its MMR systems globally, and the firm hopes to increase its exposure in this market. Eyal Shapira, ...

Forty Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were killed and several others injured after an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into a bus of the convoy at Awantipora, in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. ...

In 2018 reports emerged that the Pentagon would seek to procure a dozen upgraded F-15X fighters to replace an aging fleet of F-15C air superiority fighters. Rightly or wrongly, advocates of the F-35 stealth fighter fear the F-15X might impact F-35 procurement, ...

Amid calls by U.S. lawmakers to reduce weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries involved in offensive warfare in the Middle East, corporates in the defense space are coming under increased scrutiny. ...

The Chinese Army has proposed to conduct sports events at designated military camps inside their territory as part of efforts to develop greater understanding between commanders of the two armies, GOC-in-C, Eastern Command, Lt Gen M M Naravane said Saturday. The proposal, ...

Pakistan will consider all available options to retaliate against the Indian government's decision to withdraw Most Favoured Nation status, a top Pakistani official has said.Razak Dawood, the Prime Minister's Adviser on Commerce, ...

After years of expensive development, the first fully combat-capable Block IIIF F-35 stealth fighter are due to enter service in 2019. However, the Pentagon is already looking ahead to adding dozens of additional capabilities to a follow-up model called the Block 4—an upgrade so ambitious, ...