NGJ-MB enters LRIP

The Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) will enter Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) after obtaining Milestone C approval on Jun. 28.

An EA-18G Growler from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, located at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, conducts a Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) flight test over Southern Maryland recently. VX-23 supports the overall NGJ-MB Test and Evaluation program that has seen more than 145 hours of flight test. NGJ-MB received Milestone C approval June 28 and support to award Low Rate Initial Production contract. (U.S. Navy photo by Steve Wolff)

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IAI confirms deal to upgrade five Sri Lankan Air Force Kfirs

Earlier this year, it was reported that the Sri Lankan Air Force was in talks with Israel to overhaul five Kfir fighters. Now Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has confirmed that a deal worth $50 million was signed recently with Sri Lanka.

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Chamal Pathirana, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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