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A press release from Lockheed Martin says Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has “activated contractual agreements under the Turkish Utility Helicopter Program (TUHP) to produce the T70 utility helicopter.”
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Hanwha Thales said it will start work to develop the active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for South Korea’s Korean Fighter Experimental (KF-X) program next month.
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Source: KAI
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Around 2,600 Lockheed Martin workers at its Fort Worth facility will soon decide whether give leaders of the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 776 the authority to call a strike as the current contract between the aerospace giant and the union expires next month.
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Belarusian Defense Minister Andrei Ravkov confirmed to RIA Novosti that Minsk intends to buy the Su-30SM fighter from Irkut.
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Turkish defense firm Roketsan has reached an agreement with Airbus Helicopters to integrate the former’s Cirit laser-guided rocket on the H135 and H145 helicopters.
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