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Jordan and Qatar have emerged as the latest customers for the DB-110 reconnaissance pod. The Pentagon announced in a filing on Mar. 5 that the deals, worth $51.2 million, come under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that was signed this year with the U.S. Air Force.
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A team funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has found the resting place of World War II aircraft carrier USS Lexington.
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Two more T-50IQ advanced jet trainers have been delivered to Iraq and the jets are now at Martyr Mohammed Alaa airbase.
Flight Global is reporting that the Israel Defense Force is giving preference to the Boeing CH-47 helicopter to replacing its aging CH-53.
By Maj. Will Cox (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1149892) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Chinook said to be front-runner in Israel’s heavy-lift helicopter competition”
As Lockheed Martin ramps up production of its F-35 stealth fighter, the company is burning time and money fixing defects on the aircraft as it rolls out of the production line.
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