Lockheed Martin believes that the selection of GE’s F414 to power India’s Tejas fighter will give its F-16IN an advantage in the MMRCA competition.
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Raytheon will brief the USAF on test results of its Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar (RACR).
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Japanese destroyer JS Kirishima successfully shot down a separating 1,000 km class ballistic missile target using a SM3 Block 1A interceptor off the coast of Hawaii on Thursday.
The U.S. Air Force hopes to tap on the Economy Act of 1932, which allows federal agencies to buy goods from each other without bidding, in order to sole-source up to 93 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters from the U.S. Army.
The Pentagon’s director of operational test and evaluation said the new San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock (LPD) will not be able to survive in combat.
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KAI will start delivery of its KT-1 basic trainer to Turkey next month.
Britain and France are discussing the possibility of sharing aerial tankers that Britain has agreed to lease.
Flight International reports Croatia and Slovenia have agreed to form a new working group to study the possible joint procurement of 12 fighters.
Two SLBMs and one ICBM were launched in a single day by Russia’s military on Thursday.
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