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Boeing has a new mission computer for the F-16 which it plans to flight test in 2016. So far, simulated flight trials have been carried out.
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Russia’s United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) announced it has developed super-high-frequency gun that will deactivate the electronic components inside UAVs and precision-guided warheads.
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Russia and India are in talks to upgrade the Su-30MKI and if successful, the modernized version will have new communications , radar and data links.
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The U.S. government has approved the sale of the Raytheon AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar, to be used in forward-based mode, to several U.S. allies and security partners via Foreign Military Sales.
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Airbus Helicopters will announce a replacement for the H225-class of helicopter at the Paris Airshow this week. The project is given the code name X6.
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