Boeing has secured a $242 million contract to remanufacture eight and build nine new AH-64E attack helicopters for United Arab Emirates.
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USAF orders 360 JASSM-ERs
The U.S. Air Force has placed a $390 million contract to buy 360 360 JASSM-ER cruise missiles from Lockheed Martin.
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Il-112V to make maiden flight soon
TASS is reporting that the Ilyushin Il-112V light military transport aircraft will soon be making its first flight from the Voronezh aircraft plant.
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French Mirage 2000s carried out air strikes in Burkina Faso
French Air Force Mirage 2000s carried out air strikes in northern Burkina Faso on Oct. 4.
Photo: État-major des armées
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RAND: Japan will be wasting valuable resources to operate fixed-wing aircraft carriers
Political scientist Jeffrey W. Hornung from RAND said in a commentary on DefenseOne that Japan will be wasting valuable resources in terms of manpower and money to convert the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers into fixed-wing aircraft carriers.
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