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Airbus Defense and Space is selling away its defense electronics division and Rheinmetall, Thales and Raytheon are expected to make a bid for the business.
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Image: Airbus Defence and Space
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The last legacy H-1 helicopter to undergo periodic maintenance at Fleet Readiness Center West Pacific (FRCWP) in Japan has been redelivered to HMLA-269 on Jul. 1.
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AF-2 has been busy at the Gun Harmonizing Range at Edwards Air Force Base testing the GAU-22/A 25mm canon on the ground.
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Photo: Lockheed Martin
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Thales Defense & Security Inc. with a $18.4 million contract for two Deployable Instrument Landing System (ILS) Production Representative test units.
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Beset by development problems with its new aerial tanker, Boeing will likely have to wait till April next year to get the “low-rate production” contract for the KC-46A.
Photo: Boeing