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The Pentagon announced in Contract Release No: CR-184-16 on Sept. 23 that it has given both Boeing and Lockheed Martin $43 million each “to conduct risk reduction activities in support of the MQ-25 unmanned carrier aviation air system.”
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The Indian Air Force’s upgraded Mirage 2000I fighter has successfully test-fired a Mica air-to-air missile on Sept. 24.
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Photo: Indian MoD
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Four E-8Cs that recently completed depot maintenance at a Northrop Grumman facility have been grounded after one of the surveillance jet had a Class A mishap with its main sensor, the APY-7 radar.
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Czech Gripens will depart for Iceland on Sept. 29 as the service returns to the island for the NATO Icelandic Air Policing program.
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By Milan Nykodym from Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czech Gripens over the Iceland) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Pakistan Air Force F-7 fighter crashed near the town of Jamrud on Sept. 24. The pilot, identified as Flight Lieutenant Amer Shazad, was killed.
By Michael B. Keller, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons