Aviation News
Raytheon’s Chief Financial Officer David Wajsgras told analysts on Thursday that his company is in final negotiations to sell an air-defense system to Oman.
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EADS could be changing its name to Airbus. Cassidian will merge with Astrium and Airbus Military to become Airbus Defence.
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Lockheed Martin announced that the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) has achieved operational flight status on the B-52 bomber.
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A posting on DSCA’s website said Iraq could buy 12 Bell 412 EP helicopters. The helicopters will be used by the Iraqi Air Force for search and rescue missions.
Over the past 44 years, VP-45 has flown 265,100 mishap-free flight hours.
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