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South Korea is planning to buy 12 more naval helicopters but this time, it will demand technology transfers and offsets worth $400 million before signing the contract.
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A U.S. Navy P-8A had to make an emergency landing at Corpus Christi International Airport, Texas on Nov. 6 after its left engine caught fire.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Hammond [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Europrop had warned Airbus that data needed to run its TP400-D6 engine smoothly could be accidentally wiped, seven months before the fatal crash of a A400M in May 2015.
Julian Herzog [GFDL or CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Germany’s “preferred choice” to replace its aging Tornado fighter-bomber is the Lockheed Martin F-35, an official said at the International Fighter Conference on Nov. 8.
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At the International Fighter Conference in Berlin, a Royal Malaysian Air Force officer disclosed that Malaysia is looking at procuring a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) that can go supersonic while powered by a single engine.
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