Singapore to replace Super Pumas, Cougars in a decade

Singapore’s Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen announced in Parliament that the RSAF will have a new helicopter to replace the Airbus Helicopter AS332 and AS532 within a decade.

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Russia’s Air Defense Forces have received second batch of S-300V4 systems

Almaz-Antei Air Defense Concern has delivered three batteries of the new S-300V4 air defense system to Russia’s Air Defense Forces.

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USAF says main priority is to upgrade B-2’s Defensive Management System

William LaPlante, assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisition, told the House Armed Services projection forces subcommittee that modernizing the B-2’s Defensive Management System (DMS) is a top priority.

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