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https://amp.nos.nl/artikel/2310447-defensie-f-35-lijkt-niets-over-te-hebben-gehouden-aan-foutje-met-blusschuim.html

Well, both Lockheed Martin and P&W have remotely inspected the airframe and found it to be perfectly fine.

JASDF F-35s at Nagoya Airfield

Some stuff from the launch of the Toryu:

Silver Spitfire being worked on in Japan

https://twitter.com/RedKnightHQ66/status/1173986627376549894?s=20

First of a coming series on some first timer tank crews

https://russia.liveuamap.com/en/2019/9-august-new-explosions-reported-at-military-unit-near-kamenka

The ammo dump next to Kamenka village in Achinsk district of Krasnoyarsk Krai appears to have gone up.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-to-resume-F-35-flights-4-months-after-fatal-crash

The 302nd has restarted training flights. No night training for now.

https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1909668/

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ERAPSCO, Joint Venture of Sparton and USSI, Columbia City, Indiana, is awarded a not-to-exceed $1,041,042,690 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the manufacture and delivery of a maximum quantity of 37,500 AN/SSQ-36B, 685,000 AN/SSQ-53G, 120,000 AN/SSQ-62F, and 90,000 AN/SSQ-101B production sonobuoys for fiscal years 2019-2023. Sonobuoys are air launched expendable, electro-mechanical anti-submarine warfare acoustic sensors designed to relay underwater sounds associated with ships and submarines. Work will be performed in De Leon Spring, Florida (51%); and Columbia City, Indiana (49%), and is expected to be completed in September 2025. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-19-D-0032).

A bit old, but then I don't think it got any attention here then

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/federal-military-procurement-program-could-result-in-more-french-fry-plants-instead-of-high-tech-defence-jobs

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The government has allowed Irving Shipbuilding to claim a $40-million industrial benefit credit for an Alberta french fry factory as part of a contract to provide the Royal Canadian Navy with new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships, the Globe and Mail confirmed Thursday.

 

Under the government’s industrial and technological benefits policy, the prime contractors on such military procurements are required to do work in Canada equal to 100 per cent of the value of the contract they receive.

 

The policy is supposed to promote innovative work and research in defence and aerospace fields, but the system is so flexible in how it defines benefits that there are no real guarantees the shipbuilding program will create quality defence jobs, said Michael Byers, a University of British Columbia professor who co-wrote a report six years ago predicting such a problem. The Globe reported Irving received a credit for roughly $40 million towards its industrial benefit obligations from its $425-million investment in the Cavendish Farms frozen potato processing plant in Lethbridge, Alta.

In which the British get to feel a bit better about themselves

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/turkey-now-has-a-carrier-without-jets/

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Turkey was a Level 3 partner in the Joint Strike Fighter programme and the Turkish vessel TCG Anadolu was designed to be capable of operating up to 12 F-35Bs and 12 helicopters.

 

Now, that will not be happening.

 

While some describe the gradual and incremental build up to a return to British carrier strike as an example of ‘carriers without jets’, this is the real thing. When the TCG Anadolu enters service, there will be no jets in training, in build or even on order.

 

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has died

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"On Thursday morning, the President of the Republic died at the military hospital in Tunis ... The burial ceremony will be announced later," the presidency said in statement.

 

According to the constitution, the speaker of Parliament will temporarily serve as president.

https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/news/2019/07/21/n_13242091.shtml

There are claims that the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has died.

No I can't actually read a sentence of it beyond the machine translation, just posting for the video 

https://saabgroup.com/media/news-press/news/2019-06/saab-not-attending-swiss-flight-tests/

Gripen E will not be present at the Swiss Air 2030 tests

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The Swiss defence procurement agency, armasuisse, has formally recommended to Saab not to participate with Gripen E in the upcoming flight tests in Switzerland. The reason is that the flight tests have been designed to only evaluate aircraft that are operationally ready in 2019. The flight tests are part of the fighter evaluation process that foresees aircraft deliveries in 2025. Gripen E will enter into operational service years before Switzerland has scheduled deliveries and will meet all its defined capabilities. However, the Gripen E development plan does not match the Swiss plan to perform flight tests with aircraft that are operationally ready in 2019. Therefore, Saab has decided not to attend the Swiss flight tests in Payerne 24-28 June.

https://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Article/1843738/air-force-to-reactivate-aggressor-squadron-for-f-35-training/

The 65th Aggressor Squadron is being stood up again, this time with F-35s.

The amount of online rage over this is a thing of beauty 

https://russia.liveuamap.com/en/2019/26-april-krasmash-military-plant-is-on-fire-in-krasnoyarsk

The Krasmash ICBM plant has caught fire.