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The International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 776, representing a large number of Lockheed Martin workers at Fort Worth, has been authorized by its members to organize a strike.
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U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has warned that his service will have to pay more to buy the F/A-18 from Boeing unless the White House approve Kuwait’s request to buy 28 Super Hornets.
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Lockheed Martin has written to the U.S. government for permission to sell its Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) abroad as it seeks to find a customer for the weapon.
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South Korea’s government has completed its own investigation into the blotched attempt to upgrade the RoKAF F-16 with BAE Systems as contractor.
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Russian newspaper Izvestia says the Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA is now ready for mass production. The paper added that United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is preparing a proposal to be submitted to the Russian Ministry of Defense on starting serial production of the fighter.
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