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In an interview with French regional newspaper Sud-Ouest, Dassault’s CEO Eric Trappier said his firm is in talks for another 18 Rafale fighters but the contract will concluded in 2018.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2009) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Pentagon’s Inspector General Office is to conduct an evaluation and submit a report to Congress on whether the U.S. Air Force has placed too much secrecy on the B-21 program.
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According to this article by Kontan, Russia is keen to on importing crumb rubber from Indonesia and will barter with Sukhoi fighters for it.
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By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (Sukhoi Su-35S) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Sierra Nevada Corporation announced on May 12 that it will partner with Embraer to bring the latter’s A-29 Super Tucano to the U.S. Air Force’s Capability Assessment of Non-Developmental Light Attack Platforms, a.k.a OA-X.
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The U.S. Army Contracting Command has given Boeing a $488 million contract on May 11 for the “remanufacture of 38 AH-64 Apache aircraft” for Britain.
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