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Despite questions raised on whether the U.S. Navy can still enjoy economies of scale with the Global Hawk for its Broad Area Maritime Surveillance program, the service is still pushing ahead to buy 70 planes.
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An Italian plan to buy 131 F-35s is in trouble as Rome plans to drop 20-30 aircraft from the order.
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Thales is negotiating with Saudi Arabia to upgrade the kingdom’s air-defense network, the deal is expected to worth $3 billion.
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Two Taiwanese Air Force Academy AT-3 trainers were involved in a mid-air collision on Friday and one crashed.
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A U.S. Army RC-7 spy plane had to make an emergency landing at Camp Humphreys south of Seoul on Friday.
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