The U.S. Navy may reduce its order for 68 MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft due to better reliability rates that the service has been experiencing.
Second-hand F-16s a challenge to CATIC
Ma Zhiping, the general manager of China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation, said in an article in China Aviation News that as F-16s are being decommissioned world wide, refurbished Fighting Falcons could be sold to China’s traditional markets.
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AgustaWestland sues U.S. Army over plan to buy UH-72A
AgustaWestland has asked the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to block the U.S. Army’s plan to buy 155 UH-72A helicopters.
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Lockheed Martin given LRIP contract for 14 AN/SLQ-32(V)2 sets
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin an additional $147 million low-rate initial production contract for Block 2 of the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP).
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Four MQ-8Bs deploying to Pacific on board USS Fort Worth
Northrop Grumman Fire Scout project manager Tom Twomey confirmed that four MQ-8B Fire Scouts will be aboard the USS Fort Worth when the littoral combat ship deploys for its Pacific cruise later this year.