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Six Maritime Patrol Aircraft and 2 helicopters from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States are operating from Sigonella Air Base and from the Italian Navy’s Helicopter base in Catania during Exercise Dynamic Manta 2019.
The Pentagon has given Lockheed Martin a $846 million contract modification PH0001 to a previously awarded and announced un-priced letter contract (N00030-19-C-0025) for the design, development, build and integration of large diameter rocket motors, associated missile body flight articles, and related support equipment for Navy Intermediate Range Conventional Prompt Strike Weapon System flight test demonstrations.
U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The International Court of Justice in The Hague has said in an advisory opinion that Britain should return Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius “as rapidly as possible.”
NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Israel has given ELTA Systems a contract to fit the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR radar on its new Sa’ar 6-clas corvette.
Dr. Zachi Evenor and User:MathKnight [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Air Force has concluded its investigation into the fatal crash of a A-29 light attack aircraft which killed a U.S. Navy F/A-18 pilot.
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