Day: 29 April 2019

F-35 Lighting II - Nellis Air Force Base March 6, 2013 - The first of two test aircraft assigned to the 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron (credit: DoD photo by Lawrence Crespo, US Air Force)

The F35 risks being grounded. Supply chain is 'immature' notes GAO

Nicolas Gros Verheyde ,  ,  ,  3 min read

(B2) "Shortages, repair delays, and parts incompatibility could ground the F-35," warns the GAO, the U.S. government's auditing agency. The latest report published...

Notebook (29.04.2019). Confidential (COPS, Finnish Presidency, Sibiu Summit, EUFOR Althea). Defense (10th priority, France NGO complaint, Germany inspections, SIPRI Statistics). Diplomacy (USA Arms Treaty, Sahel Merkel, EU-Japan summit, Egypt rule of law, Saudi Arabia executions). Aids (Syria). Security (Frontex Bosnia, Asylum 2018). Powers (DGSI searches). Elections 2019 (influential MEPs, Greece poll). To be continued..

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(B2) Recently published: The UN Security Council sets its sights on the fight against the financing of terrorism (resolution 2462) (blog) The five pirates arrested by the…