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Boeing has sold another four C-17 transport to Qatar, this will bring the latter’s fleet to eight aircraft eventually.
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Sagem has signed a contract with Egypt to supply its AASM Hammer air-to-ground weapon for Egypt’s Rafale fighters. The first shipment will start next year.
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While waiting for the U.S. Air Force to decide whether to change the B-52H’s engines, Pratt & Whitney has gone ahead to propose an upgrade package that will improve the fuel and maintenance performance of its existing TF33 turbofan.
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The first F414 engine for the Gripen E will be shipped to Saab later this year, GE vice president Jean Lydon-Rodgers said.
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Boeing concluded flight tests of its Phantom Eye high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) last year, since then, it has been talking to the Pentagon and a number of commercial operators to bring resume flight testing.
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