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Germany has identified a need to find a replacement for the Transall transport aircraft and Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said a decision will be reached this Autumn.
By Camera operator: TSgt. Ken Hammond, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Lockheed Martin has now disclosed that during the Annual Navy Technology Exercise (ANTX) in August, it successfully launched a Vector Hawk canister-launched small unmanned aerial vehicle from its Marlin MK2 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).
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Photo: Lockheed Martin
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Multiple media sources in the United States are reporting that the U.S. government has approved the sale of 36 F-15s to Qatar, 28 F/A-18s to Kuwait and 17 F-16s to Bahrain.
By TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Royal Malaysian Air Force will be taking delivery of its final A400M airlifter early next year, its chief Gen Tan Sri Roslan Saad told reporters.
By Xu Zheng [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Kuwaiti Air Force has chosen the Lockheed Martin Sniper targeting pod for its fleet of Eurofighters. Last year, Kuwait also requested for 14 Sniper pods for its F/A-18 legacy Hornets.
By Hunini (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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