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Having completed its first hovering test last year, the Ka-64 medium helicopter will commence full-scale flight testing this year, Director of the Aviation Industry Department at Russia’s Industry and Trade Ministry Sergei Yemelyanov said.
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South Korea’s defense minister told lawmakers on May 16 that the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD) deployed in the country was able to pick up the launch of North Korea’s Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM).
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The U.S. Air Force has given Lockheed Martin a delivery order to provide 14 Sniper targeting pods to the Kuwait Air Force for its F/A-18C/D.
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BAE Systems has rolled out the first Eurofighter and Hawk Mk166 for the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) in Warton, Lancashire on May 15.
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In an interview with French regional newspaper Sud-Ouest, Dassault’s CEO Eric Trappier said his firm is in talks for another 18 Rafale fighters but the contract will concluded in 2018.
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