Russian Su-35 intercepted two Turkish F-16s, forcing them to flee

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Российские Су-35 перехватили два турецких F-16, заставив их сбежать: 

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Turkish F-16 fled from the Russian Su-35.

The Turkish Air Force fighters were alerted and sent to the southern part of the Syrian province of Idlib, however, according to a number of sources, two Russian Su-35 fighters were lifted to intercept Turkish fighters from the Khmeimim air base, which were able to drive Turkish military aircraft out of the air Syrian space in just a few minutes.

Any details on this subject are not disclosed, however. according to unconfirmed reports, Turkish fighters were forced to leave Syrian airspace after having covered a distance of 30-40 kilometers, which, obviously, indicates either the receipt of a warning from the VKS, or the discovery of Russian combat aircraft on radars.

Later, a pair of Russian Su-35 fighters was spotted directly in the vicinity of the city of Khan Sheikhun.

The Su-35 fighters escort and guard the Syrian Air Force when attacking in the sky over Khan Sheikhun after threats from Turkey ,” the Telegram community reports.

Experts do not exclude that Turkey will take all measures in the near future to strike at the positions of the Syrian military near Khan Sheikhun, since otherwise the Turkish military and militants will be encircled.

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US Air Force develops plan for restoring F-22 low observability maintenance capacity

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Key Points

• The US Air Force is determining how to improve the low observability maintenance capacity for its F-22 fleet
• The capacity was damaged when the former F-22 home, Tyndall Air Force Base, was severely damaged by a hurricane in October 2018

The US Air Force (USAF) is developing a plan to restore low observability (LO) maintenance capacity for its Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor multirole fighter fleet, although this might be trickier than originally anticipated, according to a top officer.

The former home of the F-22 fleet, Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, was devastated by a hurricane in October 2018.

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Lockheed wins $2.43B F-35 contract modification

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Lockheed wins $2.43B F-35 contract modification - Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) | Seeking Alpha:

• Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has won a $2.43B modification to its contract for the F-35 fighter program.

• That modification comes to a firm-fixed-price, IDIQ contract on the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter initial spares, for the Marines, Navy, Air Force, non-DoD participants, and foreign military sales customers.

• Orders are expected to be placed no later than December 2020.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $2,426,326,544 for modification P00002 to previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N00019-19-D-0015 F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter initial spares for the Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, non-U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) participants, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers.  Spares to be procured include global spares packages, base spares packages, deployment spares packages, afloat spares packages and associated consumables.  Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (24.4%); El Segundo, California (9.1%); Owego, New York (8.6%); Samlesbury, United Kingdom (7.2%); Cheltenham, United Kingdom (6.2%); Nashua, New Hampshire (5.8%); Torrance, California (5.5%); Orlando, Florida (4.9%); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (3.7%); San Diego, California (3.6%); Phoenix, Arizona (3.1%); Melbourne, Florida (3.1%); Irvine, California (2.5%); North Amityville, New York (2.4%); Windsor Locks, Connecticut (2.2%); Baltimore, Maryland (2.2%); Papendrect, The Netherlands (1.9%); Rolling Meadows, Illinois (1.8%); and Alpharetta, Georgia (1.8%).  All orders are expected to be placed no later than December 2020.  No funds will be obligated at time of award, funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Source: defense.gov

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Russian Navy to get six submarines in 2020 for first time over past 28 years

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Russian Navy to get six submarines in 2020 for first time over past 28 years - Military & Defense - TASS: 

Last time, the Russian Navy received the same number of submarines in 1992


MOSCOW, August 23. /TASS/. The Russian Navy will receive six submarines, including four nuclear-powered subs in 2020 for the first time over the past 28 years, a source in the domestic defense industry told TASS on Friday.

Last time, the Russian Navy received the same number of submarines in 1992. After that, domestic shipbuilders delivered two-three subs to the Russian Navy a year while in 1997-2012, Russia’s subsurface force could get one submarine a year at best or no sub at all. Since 2013, new submarines have been regularly arriving for the Russian Navy. Specifically, four submarines joined the Russian Navy in 2014.

"Under the contracts, the Sevmash [Shipyard] is due to deliver the first Project 955A serial-produced submarine Knyaz Oleg [Prince Oleg] and the first Project 885M serial-produced sub Novosibirsk to the Navy in 2020. Also, the Sevmash will deliver the Project 885M lead submarine Kazan and the Project 09852 special-purpose nuclear-powered submarine Belgorod to the Navy," the source said.

The submarine Belgorod will enter service with the Defense Ministry’s Deep-Water Research Department without Poseidon underwater drones since their trials are still underway, the source specified.

In turn, the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg in northwest Russia will deliver two diesel-electric submarines to the Navy: the Project 636.3 submarine Volkhov and the first Project 677 serial-produced sub Kronshtadt, although with a standard rather than an air-independent propulsion power plant, the source said.

Responding to a TASS request to comment on the information provided by the source, Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation noted that "the corporation delivers all the vessels to the state customer in compliance with the agreed schedules."

Plans for 2019

Russian shipbuilders are set to deliver two submarines to the Navy by the end of this year. Sevmash CEO Mikhail Budnichenko said in June that the Navy would get the Project 955A lead submarine Knyaz Vladimir (Prince Vladimir) by the end of 2019. In March this year, Admiralty Shipyard Head Alexander Buzakov said that the shipbuilders would deliver the first Project 636.3 submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the Pacific Fleet this year.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu earlier stated that one diesel-electric sub and two nuclear-powered submarines would arrive for the Navy by the end of this year. As another source told TASS, "the sub Kazan was expected to be one of such nuclear-powered submarines but its delivery was re-scheduled for 2020."

During the Soviet period, shipbuilders delivered more than 10 submarines to the Navy in some years. Specifically, in 1971, the Soviet Navy received 12 various nuclear-powered submarines alone from the defense industry.

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Russian Air Force Starts Using the Reconnaissance Plane Sukhoi Su-24MR

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Russian Air Force Starts Using the Reconnaissance Plane Sukhoi Su-24MR: 

MOSCOW, (BM) – A Sukhoi Su-24MR (NATO reporting name: Fencer-E) reconnaissance plane has entered service with an air regiment in Russia’s Central Military District, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Defence 360 Europe and according the District’s press office statement on Thursday.

“The Su-24MR has arrived for the composite air division of the 14th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Central Military District stationed in the Chelyabinsk Region,” the press office said in a statement.

The Su-24MR is a tactical reconnaissance plane fitted out with radar reconnaissance equipment and the image-recording capability. It can develop a supersonic speed at extremely low altitudes. For this purpose, the plane’s design offers the variable sweep-wing option. The reconnaissance plane can develop a maximum speed of 1,700 km/h and has a service ceiling of 11,500 meters.

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Boeing signs near $1 billion contract with US Air Force

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Boeing has signed a new contract with the US Air Force (USAF) worth $999 million to maintain A-10 Thunderbolt II sustainment work under an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract award.

The contract will cover the production of a maximum of 112 wing sets and spare kits.

The USAF ordered 27 wing sets immediately at contract award. 

“Boeing is honored to be selected to continue as the A-10 Thunderbolt II wing kit contractor,” said Pam Valdez, vice president of Air Force Services for Boeing Global Services. “Our established supply base, experience with the A-10 structures, and our in-depth knowledge of the U.S. Air Force’s requirements will help us deliver high-quality wings to meet the customer’s critical need.”  

Boeing will team with Korean Aerospace Industries and other key suppliers to deliver the first wing sets to Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah.

Under a previous contract, Boeing delivered 173 enhanced wing assemblies.


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Japan Confirms F-35B Acquisition

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August 16, 2019 (Google Translation) – Ministry of Defense is pleased to inform you that the Air Self-Defense Force’s short-range takeoff / vertical landing fighter has been decided today as follows.

1. Proposer and model: F-35B proposed by the US government
2. Reason for selection: The F-35B satisfied all the requirements for the Air Self-Defense Force’s short-range takeoff and vertical landing fighter.
3. History of model selection work: April 25, 2019
4. Hand over proposal request to requester: June 24

Receive a proposal from the proposer (US government proposal F-35B only): August 16
Decided model by Ministry of Defense
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Manufacturing company: US government F-35B (US) Lockheed Martin

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