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The Pentagon has approved a Multiyear contract, worth $5.3 billion, to buy 78 C-130Js from Lockheed Martin.
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Russian aerospace firm KB Sat has flown its forward-swept wing jet trainer on Dec. 25.
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Spokesman for China’s Ministry of Defense, Senior Col. Yang Yujun, has confirmed during a press conference today that the country’s second aircraft carrier is under construction.
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Poland will scale back the purchase of Airbus Helicopters H225s from 60 aircraft down to between eight and ten air frames.
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Qinetiq North America has won a $16 million contract to supply control hardware and software for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System(EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) to be installed on USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)
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