Australia will spend $1.4 billion to acquire the first of six MQ-4Cs for the Royal Australian Air Force.
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KC-130J completes successful Harvest HAWK Plus testing
An improved variant of the Harvest HAWK roll-on, roll-off precision strike package weapons system has completed a successful five-week developmental and integrated test (DT/IT) live fire event.
Photo: NAVAIR
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Pakistan Air Force FT-7PG crashes
A Pakistan Air Force FT-7PG fighter trainer crashed during landing at the Peshawar Air Base on Jun. 26.
China needs at least 10 months to fix the CCU of the FT-7NI; Nigeria repaired it in a week
The Nigerian Air Force says it has managed to develop an in-house fix for the Communications Control Unit (CCU) on the FT-7NI fighter trainer.
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General Atomics’ company-owned MQ-9B crossing the Atlantic to attend RIAT
General Atomics will bring its company-owned MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aerial vehicle to the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) airshow next month and it intends to fly it from the company’s Flight Test and Training Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
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