A few days before the American presidential election, President Trump seems to be using all his power to speed up the procedure relating to the sale of the F35A fighter to the Arab Emirates ...
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Covid-19: Singapore delays deliveries of submarines and helicopters, but continues defense modernization
According to Defense News, the Singaporean armed forces recently made announcements about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their materiel acquisition programs. The main delays ...
Read the articleAs the Boeing KC-46 accumulates difficulties, Airbus demonstrates the automatic flight refueling capability of the A330 MRTT
We had already spoken about it on Meta-Defense: Airbus has been working for a few years on an automatic in-flight refueling system for its A330 MRTT, and had found a customer of…
Read the articleBoeing targets Asia to export new T-7A Red Hawk trainer
In September 2018, Boeing was selected by the Pentagon under the TX program to supply the new US Air Force advanced trainer. Developed with the help of ...
Read the articleAirbus announces collaboration with Singapore on the development of an automatic flight refueling capacity
Today, on the occasion of the Singapore Air Show, Airbus announced that the Republic of Singapore Air Force is the launch customer of a new fueling system in…
Read the articleSingapore chooses vertical take-off version F35B to replace F16
The US State Department has announced that it has approved the sale of 12 F35Bs, a vertical take-off and landing version of the Lockheed-Martin aircraft, to replace part of the F16s in…
Read the articleNew Hunter infantry fighting vehicle enters service in Singapore
Despite its area of only 712 km2, equivalent to the conurbation of Marseille, and its population of less than 6 million inhabitants, the city-state of Singapore has always maintained a…
Read the articleSingapore wants to evaluate the F35 before replacing its F16 fleet
Like many, the Singapore Air Force today faces the aging of its F16 C / D fleet, acquired in the late 80, and regularly upgraded ever since. The city-state authorities have now announced that they are considering the acquisition of F-35 for this purpose.
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