Aviation News
Air Combat Command chief Gen Hawk Carlisle said that the development of a next-generation beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles is “an exceptionally high priority.”
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The extended range version of the MQ-9 has been operational field by the U.S. Air Force in August, General Atomics announced.
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The Royal Air Force has placed a £300 million contract with MBDA for more AIM-132 ASRAAM missiles. The missiles will be produced at MBDA’s new Bolton manufacturing and assembly site that will be commissioned in mid-2016.
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Northrop Grumman is expecting the Pentagon to approve the export of the company’s AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) by end of the year.
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An unidentified defense industry source told TASS that the first RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) prototype is in the final stages of development and will be ready by end of this year.
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