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Two U.S. Senators have turned down the Pentagon’s request for $27.2 million to keep the JLENS program alive.
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Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Thad Cochran, and Sen. Richard Durbin, who is the number two in the Democrat leadership in the Senate, have both said they prefer to have the program canceled.
Testing of the Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) is on schedule and the missile is on course to be inducted into the India Air Force next year.
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A bomb-sniffing dog on duty at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport found two AGM-114 missiles with explosive warheads on Mar. 12.
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Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has started to integrate a refuelling probe on Tejas Limited Series Production-8 (LSP-8) aircraft.
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The Sherdils aerobatics team from the Pakistan Air Force and a JF-17 both performed in front of Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at the closing ceremony for Exercise North Thunder on Mar. 11
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