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The Japanese government will assign the Japan Air Self-Defense Force the task of monitoring space debris and foreign “killer” satellites.
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The Pentagon has given Orbital Sciences Corp a $46 million contract for 15 full-rate production Lot 13 GQM-163A Coyote supersonic sea skimming target base vehicles.
Photo courtesy of French DGA
Lockheed Martin has secured a $996 million contract to upgrade 84 of Greece’s F-16 aircraft to the V-configuration. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas; and Athens, Greece, and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2027.
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France’s CSO-1 military observation satellite was launched into space on Dec. 19 by Arianespace using a Soyuz rocket. The CSO-1 is developed for the French Ministry for the Armed Forces by French space agency CNES.
Graphic: Thales Alenia Space
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The Airbus Helicopters VSR700 demonstrator has flown its first fully autonomous flight. Previous flights since 2017 were flown with a safety pilot aboard.
Photo: Airbus
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