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Elbit Systems has been awarded an approximately $200 million contract to supply the Hermes 900 HFE (Heavy Fuel Engine) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to the Swiss Air Force.
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The commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command told Air Force Times that Russia’s deployment of its S-400 air defense system to Syria “does complicate things a little bit.”
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A U.S. Air Force spokesman has denied a story that the service plans to buy 72 new F-15s or F-16s.
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South Korea’s former Chief of Naval Operations and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has been questioned whether he and his family memebers took money from arms dealer, Ham Tae-heon, in exchange for influencing the purchase of 8 AW159 naval helicopters in 2012.
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The U.S. government will soon inform Congress on the sale of $1 billion worth of military equipment to Taiwan, including a AH-64E to replace one that was lost earlier.
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