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The U.S. Congress has been notified of a potential sale of 30 AIM-9X Block II air-to-air missiles by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
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The U.S. State Department has cleared the sale of 10 AIM-120C7 air-to-air missiles for Malaysia.
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The Aegis Combat System’s Baseline 9 combat system upgrade is powered by IBM’s x86 BladeCenter HT server. The U.S. Navy is now looking for another vendor to replace that unit after IBM sold its server line to Lenovo.
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The Indian Army inducted the Akash air defense missile system into service on May 2. The indigenous surface-to-air missile is operational with the Indian Air Force as well.
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Israel carried a test of a “new rocket propulsion system” on May 5 from an air force base at Palmachim in the southern part of the country.
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