The leaders of Britain and France have agreed to invest $2.18 billion in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project.
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Graphic: Dassault
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Indonesia evaluating China’s AF902 FCS/T35mm AA Gun/PL9C air defense system
A senior officer from Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense revealed that the TNI AU is currently evaluating Norinco AF902 FCS/T35mm AA Gun/PL9C Missile Integrated Air Defense System.
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Robert Work agreed that V-22 pilots were incorrectly blamed for crash in 2000
It was good news for the families of late Lt. Col. John Brow and Maj. Brooks Gruber after Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work stated officially that the two men were incorrectly blamed as the primary cause of a V-22 crash in April 2000 that killed them and 17 other Marines.
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By Cpl Christopher Q. Stone [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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HSM-60 relocated to Naval Air Station Jacksonville
The U.S. Navy Reserve’s sole Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron recently relocated to Naval Air Station Jacksonville after having spent 15 years at Naval Station Mayport.
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MD Helicopters working on clean-sheet 6XX light attack helicopter
At Heli-Expo 2016, owner of MD Helicopters, Lynn Tilton, said the company is working on a clean-sheet light attack helicopter dubbed 6XX.
By Staff Sgt. Perry Aston (USAF) (dvidshub.net) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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