Category: Industry
Last Turkish F-16 delivered
Turkish Aerospace Industries has delivered the 308th and final F-16 to Turkey on Dec. 12. TAI and Lockheed Martin launched the Turkish F-16 program in 1984.
Photo from TAI
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YouTube: Gripen at Axalp
YouTube: Neuron UCAV 1st flight
The Neuron UCAV has made its first flight in French Istres on Dec. 1.
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Pentagon may fund work for new helicopter to preserve helicopter design capabilities
Worried that the U.S. defense industry could lose the capacity to generate new designs for military helicopters, the Pentagon said it may fund initial work on a new military helicopter in a year or two.
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