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Pratt & Whitney is developing an upgrade package for the TF33 turbofan engine so that it can continue to power the B-52H bomber well into 2040.
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Engineering News from South Africa said Brazil might cease its partnership with South Africa to develop and field the A-Darter short-range air-to-air missile.
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In an interview with WAAY TV, the program director for the U.S. Army’s Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) project revealed that the Israeli Tamir interceptor from the Iron Dome system has been launched from the MML.
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The Russian Air Force activated two Su-34 fighter-bombers to clear ice jams along the Sukhona River in the Vologda region on Apr. 11 as the ice flood threatens over 4,500 people living on the river bank.
