A classified National Assembly review for 2012 defense spending found that South Korea did not budget enough money for its FX-III fighter program.
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Category: Air Force
NATO to buy five RQ-4 Block 40s
NATO will finally buy five Global Hawk Block 40s to plug shortfalls identified during the Libyan campaign.
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Clinton expected to extend offer of F-16s to Bulgaria
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to extend Washington’s offer of used F-16s to Bulgaria during an official visit there.
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Czech Republic to start talks on keeping Gripens beyond 2015
The Czech government has approve talks with Sweden on a ‘bridging’ solution to lease its Gripen fighters beyond 2015 and buy over them eventually.
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New X-Plane: X-56A
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has designed the latest X-Plane for the U.S. Air Force. The X-56A will test several wing designs that will suppress flutter.
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