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The head of Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine program was forced to leave the company along with nine other employees after an internal audit uncovered an ethics issue linked to a visit by South Korean military officials several years ago.
By Rick Goodfriend [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Royal Thai Air Force Gripen pilot was killed when he went down with his aircraft during a flight demonstration at Hat Yai airport this morning.
An official from Raytheon told Jane’s that the U.S. Army is interested to turn the firm’s Coyote unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) into a suicide drone to take out quadcopters.
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Lockheed Martin’s Chief Executive Officer Marillyn Hewson has met incoming U.S. President Donald Trump for a second time and later told reporters that her company is “close to a deal” to bring down the cost of its F-35 program.
By NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A WC-130H now collecting dust at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base has been offered to Niger under the U.S. Excess Defense Articles (EDA) program.
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By Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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