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A new U.S. Government Accountability Office assessment believes Boeing will not be able to deliver all 18 KC-46 aerial refueling tankers this year and will only be able to achieve so in May 2019.
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Finland is inviting fighter manufacturers to submit bids to supply 64 aircraft to replace its legacy Hornets.
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Embraer disclosed during an earnings call with journalists that its KC-390 cargo plane is expected to be delivered to launch customer – the Brazilian Air Force – “closer to end of the year.”
A Selected Acquisition Report on the CH-53K program seen by Bloomberg says Lockheed Martin may be falling behind schedule and the initial operational capability could be deployed by eight months.
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CEO of the Tupolev told TASS recently that his company will flight test the modernized Tu-22M3M supersonic bomber in August.
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