Aviation News
The U.S. Navy lost a T-45C from VT-9 on Sept. 7 in Mississippi during a routine training mission. The student and instructor were able to eject safely.
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By Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK (165471/A-128 T-45C TW-1 / VT-9) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Latvia has decided to exercise an option to buy more RBS 70 air defense missiles, Saab announced on Sept 8.
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Photo: Saab
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Boeing has secured a nearly $10 million contract to test and integrate the 2,000 lb GBU-56(V)4/B dual-mode Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) on the F/A-18 platform.
By: Lance Cpl. Benjamin Pryer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The DoD’s chief weapons buyer Frank Kendall told U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James in a memo on Aug. 23 that a new intercontinental ballistic missile to replace the Minuteman III will cost at least $85 billion to develop and field.
By A1C Yvonne Morales [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia’s Deputy Minister for Defense Yuri Borisov has said that the Sukhoi PAK-FA is ready for mass production and Moscow plans to buy at least a squadron of aircraft in 2017.
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