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Ilyushin’s first deputy general director revealed that his firm delivered eight Il-76 large transport aircraft to an unnamed Asian country in 2015.
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MBDA has been given the green light by France to proceed with the Aster Block 1 New Technology program. The contract was signed by Direction Générale de l’Armement with Eurosam consortium on Dec. 23 2015.
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Boeing has delivered six upgraded internal weapons bay launchers to the U.S. Air Force for installation on its B-52H fleet. The new enhancements allows the bomber to launch eight Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) at one time from the internal bay.
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Over a three-week period, a Raytheon-owned T-39 test aircraft equipped with a modified Tomahawk seeker was able to successfully engage moving targets on land and at sea.
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The NATO Support and Procurement Agency has placed an order with Saab for the RBS 70 BOLIDE surface-to-air missiles. The contract is worth approximately $12.4 million.
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