Alenia Aermacchi has delivered the first upgraded Tornado ECR to the Italian Air Force.
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Seoul’s FX-III hits snag
South Korea plans to select a winner for the FX-III fighter competition by the end of June, however this in increasingly unlikely due to an investigation into a local arms brokerage firm on suspicion of leaking classified military information on the contest.
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KAI bags order to supply FA-50 to RoKAF
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd (KAI) has won a $1.02 billion order to supply an undisclosed number of FA-50s to RoKAF.
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France commits to new helicopter-borne anti-ship missile
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed that Paris will join London to develop a new helicopter-borne anti-ship missile.
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Lockheed Martin awarded contract for 18 Iraqi F-16s
Lockheed Martin has secured a $840 million contact to build a second batch of 18 F-16s for Iraq.
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