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Germany’s decision to lease armed Heron UAVs for its surveillance needs did not sit well with General Atomics and the latter has filed a protest with a German court.
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Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, U.S. Marine Corps deputy commandant for aviation, showed a model of Bell’s previously undisclosed V-247 unmanned tilt-rotor to Richard Whittle from Breaking Defense recently.
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Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah says the government is leaning towards buying the European SAMP/T air defense missile system to plug a gap in its air defenses.
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Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Wiranto, disclosed that Japan’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Yasuaki Tanizaki, has told him Tokyo is wiling to sell 3 US-2 amphibious planes to Jakarta for $100 million each.
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Antonov says its now ready to churn out the An-178 cargo plane as the production line is now ready.
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