Aviation News
The Pentagon announced on Dec. 27 that Lockheed Martin has been awarded $49 million for the “design and development of a Joint Strike Fighter aircraft variant tailored for an unspecified Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customer.”
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South Korea’s Defense Project Promotion Committee has approved a plan to replace the country’s CH-47D helicopters with new ones.
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대한민국 국군 Republic of Korea Armed Forces, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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A successful ground demonstration of solar energy to radio frequency (RF) conversion for the Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research (SSPIDR) Project has been successfully conducted.
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Japan’s cabinet has finalized the defense budget for 2022 and Tokyo will allocate $445 million to buy four F-35B fighters.
Sgt. 1st Class MilagrosLaura Laura [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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An automated food preparation robot dubbed “Alfred” has been preparing salad at the Monarch Dining Facility, at Travis Air Force Base recently.
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