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Boeing wants to offer F-15X to Pentagon, fires 24 air-to-air missiles

Posted on July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 by alert5

Marcus Weisgerber reports on Defense One that Boeing is quietly peddling a new variant of its F-15, dubbed F-15X, to the Pentagon.

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#FighterFriday Colombian Kfirs train with USAF A-10, F-16

Posted on July 19, 2018 by alert5

Colombian Air Force Kfir fighter jets fly over Arizona July 11, 2018. Six Colombian Air Force’s Kfir fighter jets will train at Davis-Monthan AFB for a week and a half in preparation for Red Flag 18-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz)

Romania shopping for shore-based, coastal anti-ship missile system

Posted on July 18, 2018 by alert5

Romania is expected to kick start a program to buy a new shore-based, coastal anti-ship missile system.

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Exercise Malabar 2019 to be held in Japanese waters

Posted on July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 by alert5

The Malabar trilateral naval exercise will likely take place in Japanese waters next year, the Financial Express reports.

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BAE Systems, Raytheon selected for UAE F-16 upgrade program

Posted on July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 by alert5

BAE Systems will supply new flight control computers to Lockheed Martin for the upgrade of UAE’s F-16 fleet. In a separate news, Raytheon will design, develop and manufacture the projector for BAE Systems’ Digital Light Engine (DLE) Head-Up Display (HUD) that will go into UAE’s F-16s.

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