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Lockheed Martin was give a $6.9 million contract on Mar. 18 to install 20 advanced countermeasure electronics system-system integrity (ACES SI) retrofit kits, modify 24 radar warning receivers and procure three electronic warfare memory loader verifiers for Egypt’s 20 F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft.
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The U.S. Army will again test its Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) this August and the service is working with the Navy on “possible utilization of this capability.”
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As part of the Pentagon’s European Infrastructure Consolidation (EIC) review, RAND has recommended closing RAF Lakenheath.
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U.S. Air Force officials warned Congress that unless additional funding is approved or either the A-10 fleet is retired, the Air Force could be forced to retire the entire B-1 fleet or 350 F-16s instead to achieve savings.