Aviation News
The U.S. Congress has introduced a measure in the defense bill that forbids Turkey from using American funds to integrate the Chinese air defense system with U.S. missile defense systems.
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Greece says it has successfully tested a S-300 air defense system for the first time since taking them over 14 years ago.
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Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon were all give contracts by the Pentagon recently to design a common Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle for the GBI and SM3 missiles.
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Britain’s Ministry of Defense has given Babcock a contract to deliver four Phalanx 1B kit modifications and convert two land-based Phalanx back to the naval version.
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U.S. Defense officials told Washington Times that one of the reasons China declared an Air Defense Identification Zone is to prevent the Global Hawk from spying along its coast line.
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