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There are worries by certain members of the Swedish ruling coalition parties that the Gripen E/F development could take away a large part of the defense budget.
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Airbus said on Friday that it was delaying the first delivery of its A400M by at least three months.
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Raytheon has been awarded a sole source U.S. Navy contract to extend the range of the AIM-9X and address existing obsolescence issues.
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A picture circulating among the Chinese internet purporting to be the first Shenyang J-16 prototype could be real. Besides having the serial 1601, the aircraft spots an inflight-refueling probe, twin wheel nose landing gear, remove of the backup pitot tube on the side of the canopy as well as the large antenna behind the cockpit.
Northrop Grumman will convert the Quest Kodiak aircraft into a high-tech surveillance plane to sell to U.S. law enforcement agencies and foreign countries.
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