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Four companies have been selected and given $99,500,000 firm-fixed-price contracts to build UAVs that will compete for the U.S. Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems program.
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Taiwan is scheduled to conduct an operational testing of its HF-2E land attack cruise missile this year.
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A new ruling by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will allow military aircraft to turn off their automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) transponders.
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France could become the new operator of the CH-47 heavy-lift helicopter, Flight Global reports.
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Four FGm-148 Javelin anti-tank missiles that were sold to France in 2010 have been found in a rebel camp in the town of Gheryan, Libya.
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