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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will be in China to attend a summit of prime ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization next week. Reuters say he could ink the deal with Beijing for 24 Su-35s during his trip there.
By Aleksandr Medvedev (http://russianplanes.net/id78098) [GFDL or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
Northrop Grumman has delivered the center fuselage for Japan’s first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft designated AX-1.
By Alex Lloyd (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2076301) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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HAL’s Tejas LCA is expected to make its international airshow appearance during the Bahrain Airshow from Jan. 21-23. A final decision by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Ministry of Defence (MoD) will be made today.
By Ashwin Kumar [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing an engineering contract to convert the Super Hornet into a configuration specific to the Blue Angels role.
By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Casey Akins. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The German Army’s (Bundeswehr) Special Forces – Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) – took delivery of its first two H145M helicopters from Airbus Helicopters on Dec. 8.
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