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The U.S. Army has given Raytheon a $21 million contract to develop a new propulsion system for the BGM-71 TOW (“Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided”) anti-tank missile.
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The French Navy has installed the Sylver A50 Vertical Launching System (VLS) on the last two FREMM frigates, Bretagne and Normandie.
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Jane’s is reporting that the Indonesian Navy is sending three naval aviators to Kochi, India for training at the Anti-Submarine Warfare School.
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The Russian Ministry of Defense is preparing to buy 230 primary trainers to train student pilots.
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Japanese helicopter destroyer JS Kaga has arrived in Visakhapatnam, India for exercise JIMEX-18 with the Indian Navy.
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