Dassualt received the green light to develop the F4-standard for the Rafale fighter when Florence Parly, French Minister of the Armed Forces, paid a visit to its Mérignac plant on Jan. 14.
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BriteCloud being integrated on RAF Eurofighter
The Royal Air Force intends to integrate the Leonardo BriteCloud expendable active decoy (EAD) into service on its Eurofighter fleet.
By Selex ES [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Swiss government running deeper investigation into Pilatus’ maintenance deal with Saudi Arabia
The Swiss foreign affairs ministry has begun a deeper investigation into a Pilatus maintenance contract with Saudi Arabia as the deal may have broken the law.
Phil Vabre [GFDL or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
Mistral missile has anti-surface capability
MBDA has successfully demonstrated the use of the Mistral missile against fast boats such as FIACs (Fast Inshore Attack Craft) at the end of last year.
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New contract for MiG-31BM signed
Interfax reports that a new contract for the upgrade of the MiG-31BM interceptors was signed recently.
Dmitriy Pichugin [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons