Aviation News
India is in the final stages of deciding between the Airbus A330 MRTT and Ilyushin Il-78 as its new tanker.
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Japan is considering deploying the PAC-3 missile defense system on Ishigaki and Okinawa islands to guard against the North Korean rocket that is to be launch next month.
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VMFA(AW)-121’s F/A-18Ds were recently in Kunsan, South Korea to have dissimilar aircraft combat training with the U.S. Air Force’s 35th Fighter Squadron’s F-16s.
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has secured a $20 million contract to supply the upgraded Multi-Mission Optronic Stabilized Payload (MOSP) 3000 to 3 foreign customers.
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Peru has awarded a $140 million contract to a consortium of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the Polish Bumar Group and Northrop Grumman for an air defense system.
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