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Boeing to mount legal challenge against Denmark’s selection of F-35

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Boeing has decided to launch a formal protest to Denmark’s Ministry of Defense over the latter’s selection of the Lockheed Martin F-35 earlier this year.

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Jane’s: Nigeria’s JF-17 order to be announced in November

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A senior official from the Pakistan’s Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) told IHS Jane’s during the sidelines of Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exposition that Nigeria is expected to finalize a contract to buy the JF-17 fighter this November.

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NY ANG brought its MQ-9 to AAD 2016

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The MQ-9 is on display for the first time at the African Aerospace & Defense Exposition in South Africa.

Airmen from the New York Air National Guard discuss the MQ-9 Reaper, the remotely piloted aircraft operated by the 174th Airlift Wing at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, N.Y. with visitors to the Africa Aerospace and Defense Airshow and Exhibition at the South Africa National Defense Force’s Waterkloof Air Force Base on Sept. 14, 2016.The unit is part of a U.S. military contingent displaying aircraft and equipment during the air show. (U.S Army National Guard photo by Capt. Jean Marie Kratzer)
Airmen from the New York Air National Guard discuss the MQ-9 Reaper, the remotely piloted aircraft operated by the 174th Airlift Wing at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, N.Y. with visitors to the Africa Aerospace and Defense Airshow and Exhibition at the South Africa National Defense Force’s Waterkloof Air Force Base on Sept. 14, 2016.The unit is part of a U.S. military contingent displaying aircraft and equipment during the air show. (U.S Army National Guard photo by Capt. Jean Marie Kratzer)