Raytheon, U.S. Navy close to signing deal for Maritime Strike Tomahawk variant

Capt. Mark Johnson, Naval Air Systems Command PMA-280 program manager, told USNI News that the U.S. Navy is close to signing a deal to turn a number of Tomahawks into anti-ship cruise missiles.

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Ex-RAF Lockheed TriStars returning to the skies again as civilian-owned tankers

Tempus Applied Solutions (TAS) announced on Aug. 14 that it has acquired six ex-Royal Air Force Lockheed Tristars and three of them will be used for air-to-air refueling (AAR) operations.

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