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Boeing will have to take a $536 million after-tax charge to its second-quarter results after testing on the ground revealed problems with the integrated fuel system on the KC-46 which requires fixing.
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Ground testing of MBDA’s Storm Shadow cruise missile on the Eurofighter have been completed and the weapon is now clear for flight trails.
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Russia will receive six modernized Tu-22M3 bombers by the end of 2015, according to Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov.
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Britain has agreed to let Saudi Arabia take over Paveway IV precision guided bombs on the production line at Raytheon UK that were meant for the Royal Air Force.
Photo: Sgt Gordy Elias/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Researchers at Raytheon Missile Systems say they have already created nearly every component of a guided weapon using 3D printing.
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