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British Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Oct. 3 that his government will embark on a program to buy two new “Protector” unmanned aerial vehicles to replace 10 current MQ-9s.
Photo: Sgt Pete Mobbs RAF/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Turkey has again summoned the Russian ambassador after a Russian fighter jet entered Turkish airspace for the second time on Oct. 4.
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The Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for 29 Sniper targeting pods. Pod deliveries will begin in the first quarter of 2016.
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Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama commissioned four Z-9EH helicopters into service with the Ghana Air Force on Sept. 23 at Burma Camp.
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Photo: 中华人民共和国驻加纳共和国大使馆
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Northrop Grumman has completed – on budget and on schedule – the center fuselage for the first F-35 Lightning II aircraft to be assembled in Japan’s F-35 Final Assembly and Checkout (FACO) facility in Nagoya, Japan.
Photo: Northrop Grumman
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