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Kratos has recently successfully achieved the final development program milestone for its BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) and the future sub-sonic target drone for the U.S. Navy will enter Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) once the Federal Fiscal 2017 Budget is approved.
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Photo: NAVAIR
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The U.S. government is transferring 65 LANTIRN targeting pods to Egypt under the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) program.
By Sr. Brian Ferguson, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Department of Defense announced in Release No: CR-227-16 on Nov. 28 that Raytheon has been awarded a $26 million contract for the Taiwan Early Warning Radar Surveillance Radar Program Missile Warning Center.
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A senior Kuwaiti military officer disclosed that the Gulf State is only buying 28 Super Hornets from Boeing and that the American aerospace company will take back a number of Kuwaiti F/A-18s in the deal.
By U.S. Navy photo by Midshipman John Ivancic [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard vessel pointed its on board weapon at a MH-60 helicopter belonging to HSC-7 on Nov.27.
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By MCSN Justin R. Pacheco [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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