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Once HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales enters service, each aircraft carrier will be able to accommodate 910 Marines and aviation personnel, Defense procurement minister Philip Dunne said.
Photo: HMS Gannet/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Special Operations Command has given Northrop Grumman a $32.8 million to provide advanced countermeasure systems for AC-130J and MC-130J aircraft.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Sara Vidoni
News reports from India said New Delhi has given Paris the documents needed to conclude the contract for 36 Rafale fighters.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2013) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Four Spanish Air Force Eurofighters have arrived at Lithuania’s Siauliai airbase where they will officially take over the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission from Hungarian Gripens on Jan. 7.
Photo: SAC Helen Farrer/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has selected BAE Systems to develop a new electronic warfare system for its AC-130J and MC-130J fleet.
By U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Shelby Kay-Fantozzi [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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