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Canada paid $33 million in June to remain as F-35 partner nation

Posted on July 28, 2016July 28, 2016 by alert5

The Canadian government transferred $33 million to the F-35 program office on Jun. 24 so that Canada can remain as one of the partner nations for the stealth fighter program.

By Alain Rioux [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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S. Korea, U.S. had high-level talks on transfer of technologies for the KF-X

Posted on July 28, 2016July 28, 2016 by alert5

Officials from South Korea and United States met for the first time in Washington to discuss the transfer of technologies for KAI to build the KF-X indigenous fighter.

Source: KAI
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VP-8 deployed to U-Tapao, Thailand for joint exercise with RTN

Posted on July 28, 2016July 28, 2016 by alert5

A P-8A from VP-8 was deployed to U-Tapao, Thailand for Sea Surveillance Exercise (SEASURVEX) 16-4 with the Royal Thai Navy from Jul. 6-12.

Photo: U.S. Navy
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Spike the gecko heading to space today

Posted on July 28, 2016July 28, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) will launch a new secret satellite into space on board a Atlas V 421 rocket from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex -41 (SLC-41) today at around 1237 UTC. The payload for this mission could be a new type of satellite for the Satellite Data System (SDS) constellation.

Photo: ULA
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