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Head of U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Maj. Gen. William Cooley, disclosed at an Air Force Association event on Jul. 10 that the XQ-58A Valkyrie will enter flight testing this autumn.
Graphic: U.S. DoD
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Lawmakers in Luxembourg have given approval to finance the operation costs of a single A400M that the country will share with Belgium.
Julian Herzog [GFDL or CC BY 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons
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Lockheed Martin has beaten Saab for the contract to supply new fighter jets to Slovakia. The country will be buying 14 F-16 Block 70/72s.
Graphic: Lockheed Martin
A report by Bloomberg says Japanese defense contractors are not keen to stay in the aviation sector as Tokyo buys more and more military aviation equipment from United States.
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A fly-off between the F-35 and A-10 in the close air support (CAS) role started on Jul. 5 and is expected to end on Jul. 12.
