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India’s Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar wrote in a reply to the upper house of Parliament that negotiations with Dassault for 36 Rafale fighters have started and the jets will be configured in the same manner as agreed under the earlier MMRCA project.
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By U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John Barton [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The Czech Republic will soon launch a tender to arm its Gripen fighters with weapons for ground attack. The project is expected to be completed by 2018.
© Milan Nykodym, Czech Republic [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Raytheon , in partnership with Fokker and Dallara, has managed to reduced the airframe production costs of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) by 25 percent.
By Service Depicted: Air Force (ID:DFSD0108201 / 990702F9448S009) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The first two MH-60Rs for Denmark have arrived at Lockheed Martin’s Owego, New York facility for digital cockpit and integrated mission systems and sensors installation on Jul. 9.
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Photo: Lockheed Martin
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Italian-based general aviation manufacturer Tecnam says it was motivated to launch two-seat, single-engine P-Jet after it was approached by two military organizations.
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Image: Tecnam
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