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Airbus acknowledged on Jan. 13 that its subsidiary Matra Défense S.A.S. has been ordered to pay an arbitral award of $126 million to Taiwan for breach of contract in the supply of missiles to the island.
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Belgium’s Air Force has disclosed that three of the four NH90 NFH naval helicopters have defective radars that need to be fixed.
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By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (NH Industries NH90-NFH ‘RN-02’) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A report by Thai PBS says the two T-50THs being delivered to Thailand this week have been grounded for checks after they went into turbulent weather during the ferry flight across South China Sea.
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Russia’s Southern Military District has started its first training exercise for 2018 at the Kuban and Rostov regional airports and a spokesperson said fighters will land on a stretch of the Rostov Region highway next week.
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Boeing showed its concept for a Mach 5 hypersonic demonstrator at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech forum and Guy Norris of Aviation Week has the details.
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