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The U.S. Congress has been notified by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency of a potential foreign military sales case of 600 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles to Saudi Arabia.
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Bloomberg has obtained a memo written by Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Michael Gilmore, in which he criticized the poor reliability of the F-35B during its operational testing on board USS Wasp.
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After the failure of a SM-2 Block IIIA missile during a test firing this month, the U.S. Navy has place the weapon on “Wartime Use Only” status.
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The Royal Air Force wants to swap out the Sky Guardian 200 radar warning receiver (RWR) on the Puma helicopter and replace with a variant of SEER RWR from Selex ES.
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The German Navy has contracted Airbus Defence and Space together with Lockheed Martin Overseas Services Corporation (LMOSC) to re-wing its P-3C fleet.
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