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OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d’Armement / Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) has commissioned Airbus Helicopters, on behalf of the French, German and Spanish Armament agencies DGA, BAAINBw and DGAM, to perform Tiger MkIII de-risking studies.
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Taiwan has managed to secure approval from France to supply spare parts for its Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fleet and train Taiwanese pilots for another two years.
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The B-2 Defensive Management System Modernization (B-2 DMS-M) program is facing delays, Bloomberg reports. Instead, of delivering the end product in 2022, the U.S. Air Force now estimates the program could only be ready by March 2024.
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A German parliamentary source has told Reuters that the budget committee of the lower house of parliament has approved the purchase of six C-130s.
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Bell has unveiled a full-scale mock-up of its V-247 unmanned tilt-rotor that it hopes to offer to the U.S. Marine Corps for the latter’s Marine Air Ground Task Force Unmanned Expeditionary (MUX) program.
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