Aviation News
EADS has offered to sell a sixth A330 MRTT to the Royal Australian Air Force at heavily marked down price in order to get a shot at replacing the Caribou with C295.
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The British government is looking at a staggering bill of £1.8 billion to convert HMS Prince of Wales with catapults and arrestor gears.
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India plans to put its first home-built synthetic aperture radar spy satellite, Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1), into orbit next month.
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According to a new University of Maryland poll, most Americans are against an Israeli strike on Iran and that Tehran can rebuild the nuclear program in five years after an attack.
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Canada’s associate defense minister, Julian Fantino, said Tuesday his government does not rule out backing out of the F-35 program.
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