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IHS Jane’s Missiles & Rockets takes a close look at Lockheed Martin’s miniature hit-to-kill (MHTK) kinetic interceptor for the U.S. Army’s Extended Area Protection and Survivability Integration Demonstration (EAPS ID) program
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Photo: Lockheed Martin
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An analysis by Jane’s found that the Royal Air Force will be left with just 127 front-line fighter aircraft once the Tornado and Tranche 1 Eurofighter jets are retired in 2019.
By UK Ministry of Defence [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Thales Defense & Security Inc. with a $18.4 million contract for two Deployable Instrument Landing System (ILS) Production Representative test units.
By Fred the Oyster [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Beset by development problems with its new aerial tanker, Boeing will likely have to wait till April next year to get the “low-rate production” contract for the KC-46A.
Photo: Boeing
India’s Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar wrote in a reply to the upper house of Parliament that negotiations with Dassault for 36 Rafale fighters have started and the jets will be configured in the same manner as agreed under the earlier MMRCA project.
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By U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John Barton [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons