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The India government has agreed to buy at least seven squadrons of modified Tejas Mk 1A fighters while it waits for Mk 2 version.
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Thales-Raytheon Systems has been given a $22 million FMS contract to supply the AN/MPQ-64F1 radar to Latvia. The completion date for the contact is Oct. 31, 2016.
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Lockheed Martin’s Space Fence System has cleared the Critical Design Review (CDR) conducted by the U.S. Air Force. Construction of the world’s largest digital phased array radar has begun on Kwajalein Island, the company said.
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A team from Boeing was in New Delhi on Sept. 28 to sign two Direct Commercial Sale (DCS) contracts with the Indian government.
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Bill Sweetman has done a detailed analysis on the aerodynamic characteristics and potential uses of two high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft that appeared in China recently.
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