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India has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the procurement of 200 sets of self-protection systems to be installed on its Mi-17V-5 helicopters.
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Manila will sign a leasing agreement with Tokyo today for five TC-90s. The cost is $7,000 each for four of the aircraft while another will cost $2,000 to lease each year.
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Cobham will modify its FR300 Hose Drum Unit into a roll-on/roll-off palletized kit so that the MV-22 can be converted into an airborne refueling tanker.
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USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) will relocate to San Diego in the fall of 2017 and USS Wasp (LHD 1) will replace it as the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship in Japan.
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has published a heavily redacted 52-page ruling on Boeing’s protest of the B-21 competition won by Northrop Grumman.
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