According to the Sri Lanka Leader, Pakistan is offering the JF-17 fighter to Sri Lanka at $29 million each.
By Shimin Gu [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russian MoD says RC-135 was intercepted as its transponder was off
A spokesman from the Russian Ministry of Defense said a Su-27 was scrambled to intercept an American RC-135 over the Baltic Sea on Apr. 29 because the latter’s transponder was switched off.
By Mary Kavanagh [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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MV-22B refuels the F-35B on the ground, air-to-air refueling next
The first ground refueling between a F-35B and a MV-22 tilt-rotor was carried out on Apr. 28 at Edwards Air Force Base.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Christian Turner
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Bayraktar UAV drops MAM-L for the first time
Turkey’s indigenous Bayraktar TB2 UAV successfully dropped a Roketsan MAM-L laser-guided glide bomb on Apr. 29.
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Textron is testing Shadow M2 UAV upgrade
Textron is working on an upgrade of its Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle that will allow the RQ-7 to gain some capabilities that are currently limited to larger UAVs such as the MQ-1.
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