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The Israeli Air Force intends to launch a program to find a replacement for its Sikorsky CH-53 Yasur and both Lockheed Martin and Boeing are expected to vie for the contract.
By Oren Rozen (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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At IDEAS 2016, Turkey and Pakistan signed an agreement to supply 52 Super Mushshak basic trainers for the Turkish military.
By Sergey Ryabtsev [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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The former fire chief of the U.S. Air Force, James E. Podolske Jr., has pleaded guilty to two charges, one for divulging contract bid information to a contractor and taking more than $100,000 raised for charity.
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US Air Force photo/Lois Walsh
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Saab’s Gripen E fighter is not expected to make its maiden flight this year as the aerospace company has elected to qualify the aircraft’s distributed integrated modular avionics (DIMA) design to commercial standards before any test flights.
Ukraine’s Antonov has completed the assembly of its An-132 prototype. Photos of the aircraft were posted on Facebook showing the aircraft being towed out of the hangar.
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Photo from Facebook/Ihor Kozak
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