Boeing is busy rejigging the F-15 assembly line in St Louis in order to meet the U.S. Air Force’s demand to deliver the F-15EX quickly.
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Another MiG-35UB has flown
A new MiG-35UB with serial number 11 has flown at the P.A. Voronin Production Center outside Moscow. This is the second MiG-35UB.
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Despite loss of F-35A, Japan assures U.S. it will continue to buy the jet
Takeshi Iwaya, Japan’s Minister of Defense, has assured acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan that Tokyo will continue to buy more F-35s despite the crash of a F-35A recently.
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EW variant of SPEAR under development
Two new variants of the SPEAR stand-off, air-to-surface weapon is under development at MBDA, Jane’s reported.
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LAIRCM pod for KC-135 cleared for production
Northrop Grumman announced on Apr. 17 that its Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) pod for the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft has achieved Milestone C.
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