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Rosoboronexport disclosed that China has ordered four Mi-171E helicopters during the MAKS 2017 airshow and these rotorcraft will be delivered in 2018.
By Dmitriy Pichugin [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy has issued a new draft request for proposals for its MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial refueling tanker and one of its two key performance parameters (KPP) is to do mission tanking.
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Graphic: Lockheed Martin
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A report by Kommersant on Jul. 21 said Angola is negotiating to buy the six unsold Su-30K fighters. The African country had bought twelve former Indian Air Force Su-30Ks back in 2013.
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Inside Defense has obtained a selected acquisition report which mentions the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Australia in March for seven MQ-4Cs.
By Alex Evers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnavy/8906719846/) [Public domain or CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Yomiuri Shimbun reports that the Japan Coast Guard has decided to train its own fixed-wing pilots instead of sending them to the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
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