An important milestone in the MQ-4C program has started, over the next two months, the unmanned aerial vehicle will undergo operational assessment at NAS Patuxent River.
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Day: November 19, 2015
MV-22B set new distance record
Three MV-22Bs flew from Miramar to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this week, setting a new distance record in the process.
By Lance Cpl. David Hersey (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/991884) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Indonesian envoy to Russia said Su-35 talks to start soon
Indonesian Ambassador to Moscow Djauhari Oratmangun told RIA Novosti in an interview that a Russian-Indonesian joint commission on military-technical cooperation will discuss the purchase of the Su-35 fighters in late November in Jakarta.
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China signs $2 billion contract for 24 Su-35s
Kommersant reported that China has inked a $2 billion contract to buy 24 Su-35 fighters.
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CSBA: Two American carriers in Japan
Bryan Clark and Jesse Sloman from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments are proposing the idea of having two forward-deployed aircraft carriers in Japan instead of just one.
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