Aviation News
Taiwan’s military want to spend the next five-years modernizing itself by adding mobile land-based long-range precision strike capability and armed drones to its arsenal.
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Russia has delivered a new batch of Mi-35M helicopters to Brazil and the contract to deliver all 12 helicopters will be completed by end of this year.
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The last four Saab Gripen fighters for South Africa are now on board a cargo ship on its way to Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town.
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Deliveries of up to 300 AIM-120 missiles by Raytheon for the Finnish Air Force has been suspended after the missiles failed in cold weather tests.
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Thailand has placed an order for four EC725 helicopters and these will be used for search-and-rescue duties by the Royal Thai Air Force.
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