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.
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India’s 36 Rafales will have same configuration as agreed under MMRCA
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
Czech to call global tender to arm Gripens for ground attack
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 and partners have developed lower-cost carbon fiber airframe for MALD
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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Denmark’s first MH-60R being prepared for delivery
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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