Japan’s new five-year Mid-Term Defense Program will include purchase of 17 V-22s and three Global Hawks.
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Lockheed Martin hopes to keep F-16 line opened till 2020
Bill McHenry, Lockheed’s head of F-16 business development, told Reuters that the company has enough orders to keep the production line opened till later 2017.
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Rafale out of Brazil’s F-X2 competition
Folha de Sao Paulo daily reported Saturday that Dassault’s Rafale fighter is no longer being considered for Brazil’s F-X2 competition.
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UAVs for Philippines Marine Corps
The Philippine military has issued a tender for 6 sets of small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the Marine Corps.
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Sale of Eurofighters to UAE in doubt
Britain’s plan to sell the Eurofighter to United Arab Emirates could be in doubt as the Gulf state is not in any hurry to purchase new fighters.
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