Aviation News
United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) has completed flight testing of a second-generation Il-80 airborne command and control aircraft and will deliver it to the military by end of this month.
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The Pentagon announced on Dec. 1 that Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $914 million contract to upgrade Singapore’s F-16C/D fleet.
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The Spanish Air Force and Airbus Defence & Space have come to an agreement to postpone the delivery of 13 A400Ms that Spain is contractually obliged to buy.
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U.S. officials say Russia is preparing to operate fixed-wing military aircraft out of al-Shayrat air base near Homs, Syria.
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U.N. attack helicopters assigned to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) carried out strikes against Ugandan rebels near the northeastern border of Democratic Republic of Congo after military bases around the town of Eringeti came under attacks on Nov. 27.
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