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The Aegis Combat System’s Baseline 9 combat system upgrade is powered by IBM’s x86 BladeCenter HT server. The U.S. Navy is now looking for another vendor to replace that unit after IBM sold its server line to Lenovo.
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The Indian Army inducted the Akash air defense missile system into service on May 2. The indigenous surface-to-air missile is operational with the Indian Air Force as well.
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Israel carried a test of a “new rocket propulsion system” on May 5 from an air force base at Palmachim in the southern part of the country.
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Sweden’s fleet of five C-130H and a single KC-130H tanker will have to be retired by next decade and the Swedish Air Force is looking into replacing them with the KC-390 or A400M.
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Aviation Week reported that Airbus Defense and Space will soon receive a request for proposals from Netherlands, Norway and Poland for a joint purchase of the A330 MRTT.
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By Robert Frola (Flickr) [GFDL or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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