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L3Harris Technologies has received a $300 million contract from Italy to deliver two Gulfstream G550 aircraft modified for electromagnetic warfare operations, marking the first U.S. government-approved sale of the EA-37B system to an international ally.
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For over four decades, the United States Air Force has struggled to replace its aging trainer aircraft fleet. A new article by Tony R. Landis of the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command History Office reveals how management failures doomed the T-46A program while the T-7A faces similar challenges but different circumstances in its quest to finally modernize pilot training.
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The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School has formally integrated three A-29C Super Tucano aircraft into its student flight curriculum, marking the first newly assigned aircraft for the school in nearly 30 years. The aircraft will begin training operations with class 25A as the first group of students to fly the platform.
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Philippines’ Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. announced on Jun. 30 that the country’s PHP61 billion multi-role fighter program should proceed as a comprehensive “full package” that includes airborne warning and control systems and aerial tankers for mid-air refueling, expanding the scope significantly beyond the original fighter aircraft acquisition.
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Poland has completed a lease agreement with South Korea for AIM-9P Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missiles to equip its FA-50GF fighter aircraft, Polish Deputy Defense Minister Paweł Bejda announced Jun. 25.
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