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Earlier this March, Russia’s Aerospace Force commander Viktor Bondarev told reporters that the new Tu-160M2 strategic bomber will be making its first flight in 2019. He now says the new bomber is expected to fly in late 2018.
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The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress on the potential sale of 24 T-6C+ Texan II trainer aircraft to Argentina.
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The two AW159 naval helicopters ordered by Philippine will be armed with South Korea’s Blue Shark light anti-submarine torpedo.
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The CEO of Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd (KAI), Ha Sung-yong, said he will resign from his post if the company’s T-50A jet fails to win the U.S. Air Force T-X jet trainer competition.
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Minutes of a meeting by the U.K. Defence Ranges Safety Committee revealed that British F-35s are not allowed to use the on board laser designator outside the United States.
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