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SASC authorizes $1.2 billion for OA-X

Posted on July 4, 2017July 4, 2017 by alert5

U.S. Senators sitting in the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has recommended giving the Pentagon $1.2 billion to kickstart the light attack aircraft – OA-X – program.

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Testing of RS-28 ICBM delayed

Posted on July 4, 2017July 4, 2017 by alert5

Russian daily Kommersant says the test-firing of the RS-28 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has been delayed till the fourth-quarter of this year.

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USAF shopping for air-launched hypersonic strike weapon

Posted on July 3, 2017July 3, 2017 by alert5

Jane’s reported that a Sources Sought notice has been published by the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command on Jun. 29 for a rapidly fielded and developed hypersonic, conventional air-launched strike weapon.

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