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Jane’s has learn from BAE Systems on the latter’s plan to modify its own Hawk Mk.100 advanced jet trainer with new leading edges and slats. The modifications are expected to improve the aerodynamic performance of the 42 year-old aircraft.
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Spanish F100-class Aegis frigate Cristóbal Colón is underway for Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia for the vessel’s Combat System Ship Qualification Trials.
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South Korean police has admitted that hackers from the North have hacked into networks at 160 South Korean firms and government agencies. In one case, blueprints for the wings of the Boeing F-15 were stolen from the computers of Korean Air Lines.
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Thales took the opportunity at Eurosatory 2016 to introduce its new Ground Master 60 3D short-range air defense radar system.
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Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said his Islamabad has given up hope of buying F-16s from the United States, his country will now source second-hand aircraft from Jordan instead.
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