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The Indian government has approved the purchase of 83 Tejas Mk 1A fighters and 15 Light Combat Helicopters (LCH), both are manufactured by state-owned HAL.
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The head of the Royal Saudi Air Force, Gen. Muhammad bin Saleh Al Qtaibi, is in Pakistan on an official visit and he told The News that his service is looking into buying the JF-17 fighter.
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Military.com is reporting that a F-35B assigned to VMFAT-501 had an in-flight fire in its weapons bay on Oct. 27.
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India’s Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) met on Nov. 7 and a decision whether to buy the US-2 flying boats from Japan was deferred.
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The Swedish Air Force’s Gripen E fleet will be equipped with the Targo helmet mounted display (HMD) system made by Brazilian company AEL Sistemas (AEL).
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