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The Obama adminstartion has cleared the sale of 4,000 AGM-114 R/K Hellfire missiles to United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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The United States Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) has contracted Leonardo-Finmeccanica to install the Vixen 500E AESA radar on school’s C-26 aircraft.
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Royal Air Force Eurofighters currently undertaking the NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission in Estonia have been scrambled for the first time on May 12.
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Russian Helicopters has been given the green light to develop a new helicopter to replace the iconic Kamov Ka-27 naval helicopter.
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Boeing is touting an upgraded Harpoon ER anti-ship missile as the ideal choice of weapon for the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ship (LCS).
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