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Rosoboronexport has refuted an earlier report by TASS that Egypt has signed a contract to buy Ka-52 attack helicopters.
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The U.S. Congress has been informed on a potential FMS to remanufacture 50 British WAH-64 Mk 1s to AH-64Es. The estimated cost of the deal is around $3 billion.
Photo: Corporal Mark BALLANTYNE RLC/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
Watch Boeing’s Compact Laser Weapons System track and destroy an unmanned aerial vehicle during a trial at Point Mugu.
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Photo: Boeing
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Irkut has inked a deal with Belarus to supply four Yak-130 advanced jet trainers. This will bring the total number of Yak-130 ordered to eight.
By Dmitriy Pichugin [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
India is asking the United States to extend the prices for buying 22 Apaches and 15 Chinook helicopters for the 13th time. The U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma had already warned India that it would not be possible to give yet another price extension beyond Aug. 31.
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