Irkut plans to add a radar and other improvements to the Yak-130 and turn it into a light attack aircraft.
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Lockheed Martin may cut 10,000 of its workforce
Lockheed Martin’s CEO Robert Stevens plans to tell the U.S. House Armed Services Committee that the sequestration next year could lead to lost of 10,000 jobs at his company.
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Export version of S-400 for China to be ready in 2017
China will not be able to get the S-400 air defense system anytime before 2017. An export version will only be available by that time.
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New details on J-21 aka dumpling or Falcon Eagle
A posting on Sanxi Dajian, the transport company tasked with moving the mystery jet from Shenyang to Xi’an, has revealed the jet is called Huying or Falcon Eagle.
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Photo: Port-side view of J-21 aka dumpling
High resolution picture of the mystery jet that made its way through parts of China last month.
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