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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency plans to send an unmanned aircraft into the stratosphere sometime in 2020-2021 and attempt to shot down a ballistic missile in its boost-phase using an electrical laser. Lockheed Martin says a unmanned version of the U-2 might be a suitable platform for that.
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A tender by the Russian Defense Minister will pay $1.1 million to anyone who can develop a hardware and software solution dubbed Paritet to monitor if the United States is violating the 2010 New START treaty.
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Officials from South Korea and United States met for the first time in Washington to discuss the transfer of technologies for KAI to build the KF-X indigenous fighter.
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Source: KAI
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Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced that the Mitsubishi X-2 stealth demonstrator will be on static display at Gifu airbase open house on Oct. 30.
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense organized a talk on Jul. 15 on building an indigenous jet trainer and experts at the forum urged for quick action as the core team of engineers who build the IDF fighter are retiring.
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