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The U.S. Navy has been satisfied with the recent developments of the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) and has decided that the new system to stop carrier-borne aircraft will be installed on board the next USS John F. Kennedy.
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Kenya will be a new operator of the armed Air Tractor AT-802 after the U.S. government approved the Foreign Military Sale of 12 aircraft.
The U.S. State Department has cleared the potential sale of ten 74K Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) Aerostats to Saudi Arabia.
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Legendary U-2 pilot Hua Hsichan and father of the AIDC IDF fighter has passed away this morning in Taichung, Taiwan.
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An anonymous U.S. defense official has confirmed that a British Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile fired from HMS Vengeance off the coast of Florida last year did veer off course.
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