Aviation News
Raytheon was awarded two contracts totaling $212.8 million for the production of the Evolved Seasparrow Missile. One contract is to help Mitsubishi Electric Corporation with components and assemblies necessary to manufacture and deliver ESSM weapons to JSDF.
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Embraer will delivered the first four EMB-314 Super Tucanos to Indonesia in March. Indonesia placed an order for 16 Super Tucanos in 2010.
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The U.S. Army has given EADS North America a $212.7 million contract to deliver 39 UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters.
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The U.S. Air Force airdropped 75,956,235 pounds of cargo in Afghanistan last year, surpassing the 60,400,000 pounds record set in 2010.
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The Su-25UBM has completed its tests with the Russian Air Force.
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