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Northrop Grumman has test fired the first product in its next-generation FIRESTRIKE™ family of high-energy, solid-state lasers that could burn through the skin and critical components anti-ship missiles.
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Hongdu Aviation Industry Corporation’s chief economist said his company is expected to export 12 L-15 jet trainers to markets in Latin America and Africa this year.
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Lockheed Martin workers who are on strike say they are willing to stop work for a long period as one union official warned that the negotiations with the company will take more than three-weeks.
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A F-35A completed the program’s first in-flight refueling mission while configured with external weapons on Apr. 21 at Edwards Air Force Base.
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Workers at Lockheed Martin’s assembly line in Fort Worth, Texas have gone on strike over proposed changes to health care benefits and pension plans.
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