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In this op-edi, former U.S. deputy secretary of Defense, Gordon England warned that deep cuts to the defense budget could cripple American weapons export in the future as new research and modernization programs could be curtailed.
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Ten U.S. Army UH-60L Black Hawks will be fitted with radar-powered enhanced vision systems from Sierra Nevada.
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The Indonesia military has a new shopping list for 2012 which includes: surface-to-air missiles, attack and anti-submarine helicopters.
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Statistics released by the Mexican government show that local drug gangs have attacked military and government helicopters 28 times over the last five years.
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Boeing has confirmed that it will deliver four Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) intelligence gathering aircraft to the U.S. Army in December.
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