Boeing has received a $76 million contract to install the Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) on the B-52.
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Seoul’s FX-III hits snag
South Korea plans to select a winner for the FX-III fighter competition by the end of June, however this in increasingly unlikely due to an investigation into a local arms brokerage firm on suspicion of leaking classified military information on the contest.
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KAI bags order to supply FA-50 to RoKAF
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd (KAI) has won a $1.02 billion order to supply an undisclosed number of FA-50s to RoKAF.
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RAF Leuchars’ last airshow
RAF Leuchars “Battle of Britain At Home Day” airshow on Sept. 7 could be the last one before the base transitions to an army base.
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Taiwan’s Military Intelligence Bureau may have collected info on China’s UAV fleet
According to Ian Easton, Research Fellow at the Project 2049 Institute, Taiwan’s Military Intelligence Bureau “may have conducted successful operations against China that specifically focused on collecting information about UAVs.”
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