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The U.S. Air Force wants a smaller airframe to host the next generation JSTARS battle management, command and control (BMC2) system.
By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A U.S. Air Force RQ-4B carrying the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payload has clocked 10,000 flying hours.
U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Marie Brown
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Australia has managed to upgrade the radar warning receiver in the Royal Australian Air Force’s F/A-18F Super Hornets.
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“A44-203 Boeing F-A-18F Super Hornet RAAF (11677443834)” by Robert Frola – Flickr. Licensed under GFDL via Wikimedia Commons.
The Czech Republic has approved the sale of 15 L-159 subsonic attack jets to Iraq. Iraq will get 10 L-159As and 2 L-159T1s, three L-159As will be used for spares.
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“Aero L-159 (4424558139)” by © Milan Nykodym, Czech Republic. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Lockheed Martin has restarted the wing production line for the P-3 Orion Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) program for Canada and Chile on Mar. 4.
Photo: Lockheed Martin
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