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MD Helicopters of Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $1.3 billion contract on Sept. 5 to supply an estimated quantity of 150 MD 530F helicopters to Afghanistan.
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A Ukrainian shipbuilder who had worked on Soviet aircraft carrier programs, Valery Vasilevich Babich, has apparently been recruited by China to work for a Qingdao ship design company.
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Taiwan says the integration of AN/ALQ-131 pods with Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM) technology on its F-16s has completed.
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A Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 1 contract for two CH-53Ks has been awarded to Lockheed Martin.
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Reuters reported that Japan has requested to buy the Raytheon AN/SPY-6 active electronically scanned array air and missile defense 3D radar for its proposed Aegis Ashore installations.
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