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KAI acknowledge payment of $150,000 to Cohen

Posted on May 10, 2018May 10, 2018 by alert5

South Korea’s Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd (KAI), which is bidding for the lucrative U.S. Air Force T-X jet trainer contract, has admitted that it paid $150,000 for consulting services on accounting matters to U.S. President Donald Trump’s private lawyer Michael Cohen’s firm.

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Turkey to receive its first F-35A on Jun. 21

Posted on May 10, 2018May 10, 2018 by alert5

Lockheed Martin will deliver Turkey’s first F-35A stealth fighter on Jun. 21. The news comes as the U.S. Congress attempts to derail the process.

By U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw (U.S. Air Force) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

USS George Washington will eventually return to Japan with the ability to operate MQ-25

Posted on May 10, 2018 by alert5

The fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization bill has included language directing the U.S. Navy to prepare aircraft carrier USS George Washington to operate the MQ-25 during its four-year midlife refueling and overhaul in Virginia.

By Official Navy Page from United States of America MCSN Declan Barnes/U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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USN issues RFI for Hard Kill Self-Protection Countermeasure System

Posted on May 9, 2018 by alert5

The U.S. Navy wants to follow in the Air Force’s footsteps and invest in a program to obtain a hard kill missile interceptor to protect its airborne platforms.

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