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Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to secure a deal to supply 42 Su-30MKIs and 59 Mi-17 V5s to India during his official visit there on Monday.
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Turkey announced that it’s southeastern cities of Adana, Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras will be protected by NATO Patroit batteries.
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China says it has developed its own third-generation ejection seat and put it into service. The new seat has velocity sensors that will execute different modes in response to the flying speed at the time of emergency ejection.
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Investigations into the fatal crash of a Red Arrows in August last year found that the supervision of the aerobatics team was lacking.
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French defense procurement agency DGA successfully carried out the last qualification firing test of the laser-guided AASM modular air-to-ground missile on Dec. 12.
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