Aviation News
The Stockholm District Court said on May 9 that Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has been summoned to testify next month as a witness for a Brazilian corruption case.
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Thales has started production of the first Sea Fire radar for the French Navy, the company disclosed on May 9.
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The Economic Times says India is in advanced negotiations to finalize the contract with Elta for its EL/M-2052 AESA radar.
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The Philippine government has admitted that it does not have the ability to verify reports that China has deployed missiles in the Spratly Archipelago and had to rely on third-party resources for information.
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AC-130U, # 89-0511, was retired to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan air force base on May 8. The gunship had the honor of being “the first Air Force aircrew and aircraft to sink a maritime combat surface vessel during a war effort since World War II.”
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