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Starting from 2022, the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels will be flying the F/A-18E during airshows. Boeing has received a $17 million contract to convert nine F/A-18Es and 2 F/A-18Fs into the Blue Angel configuration.
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The Blue Angels’ C-130, dubbed Fat Albert, is back flying after being grounded for a prolong period of time.
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Leonardo is bringing its Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Grifo-E radar to the Farnborough Air Show 2018.
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Citing two anonymous sources, Reuters is reporting that Netherlands will sign a Letter of Agreement for four MQ-9s at the Farnborough International Airshow this week.
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General Atomics will bring its company-owned MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aerial vehicle to the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) airshow next month and it intends to fly it from the company’s Flight Test and Training Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
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