The U.S. Navy is testing a shipboard device that generates a radar-absorbing, carbon-fiber cloud to defeat anti-ship missiles.
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Day: June 27, 2014
Moody AFB selected for Afghan A-29 training
Afghan Air Force pilots may head to Moody Air Force Base in Georgia to train on flying the A-29 light attack aircraft.
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Iraq bought Sukhoi fighters from Russia, Belarus
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki told BBC that Baghdad had bought a number of used Sukhoi fighter jets from Russia and Belarus and they would be put into use soon.
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USAF awarded $1.28 billion contract to Sikorsky for combat rescue helicopter
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $1.28 billion contract for the initial engineering and manufacturing development phase of the new combat rescue helicopter to Sikorsky.
SDB II development nears completion
Development work on the Small Diameter Bomb II is about to be completed with Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force just concluding a series of tests.
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