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The U.S. State Department has cleared the sale of four E-2D early warning aircraft to Japan. The estimated cost of the entire sales package is around $1.7 billion.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernest R. Scott/Released (An E-2D Hawkeye flies over Naval Base Norfolk) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan told Japanese media on May 28 that his country is interested in evaluating Japanese aircraft for fire fighting duties.
By Ken H. [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Indian Navy will soon test the Barak 8 air defense missile during the monsoon season on board INS Kolkata.
By Georges Seguin (Okki) (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
BAE Systems put up a press release on May 28 saying that it had secured a £1.7 million contract to develop a common weapon launcher for the Eurofighter, but the link has since been removed.
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Airbus group’s chief of strategy Marwan Lahoud told the German daily Handelsblatt that readout from the black boxes of the A400M that crashed suggest issues with quality control during the assembly process.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (A400M – RIAT 2010Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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