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A stealthy unmanned high-altitude, single-engined tactical reconnaissance aircraft proposed by Lockheed Martin would require 10 years and cost approximately $3.8 billion to develop, the company concedes.
Graphic: Lockheed Martin
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The Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard carrier-borne strike fighter took off from an aircraft carrier for the last time on Mar. 16 as carrier Charles de Gaulle returns back to Toulon.
Photos/Video: © Etat-major des armées / Marine nationale
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has a family of artillery rockets and it has now converted one of them into a air-to-surface missile for carriage on a wide range of fighter aircraft.
Graphic: IAI
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A video clip by Zvezda, a TV network run by the Russian Ministry of Defense, showing Russian fighter aircraft departing Hmeimim airbase in Syria has revealed the presence of the Ka-52 attack helicopter there.
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Safran’s CEO, Philippe Petitcolin, said he is keen to boost the thrust of the M88 turbofan engine to 20,000 lbs but he added that the idea has not been discussed with Dassault.
Julian Herzog [GFDL or CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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