The U.S. government has cleared a potential Foreign Military Sale to Egypt of 10 AH-64E attack helicopters.
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Japan to revise National Defense Program Guidelines to convert JS Izumo into aircraft carrier
Japan is taking another step towards converting JS Izumo into an aircraft carrier. Media outlets are reporting that Tokyo intends to revise the National Defense Program Guidelines next month to allow the helicopter destroyer to be converted to operated fixed-wing aircraft.
By Kaijō Jieitai （海上自衛隊 / Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force） (http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/jmp/201612.html) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
South Korea buying two more Israeli Green Pine radars
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said the country is buying another two sets of the Israeli-made Green Pine early warning radar.
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Nebo-UM enters service in Voronezh, Russia
Russia’s Western Military District says a new Nebo-UM early warning radar has entered service in Voronezh on Nov. 24.
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Watch the maiden flight of second Gripen E test aircraft
The second Gripen E test aircraft, 39-9, made its first flight on Nov. 26 from Saab’s airfield at Linköping, Sweden.
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