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Russian Air Defense Mistakenly Downs Own Aircraft in Ukraine

Russian air defense appears to have mistakenly downed their newest fighter aircraft, the Su-34M, over Ukraine.

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USAF LIFT Hexa Electric VTOL Completes First Test Flight

The US Air Force’s new electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft has completed its first test flight at Duke Field, Florida.

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EU Proposes Joint Arms Purchases to Replenish Stocks

The European Commission proposed spending $508 million to finance joint defense purchases among member states.

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Rebels Kill 10 in Eastern DR Congo

Suspected rebels have left at least 10 people dead in a series of attacks in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said.

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Israeli Army Says Intercepted Drone From Lebanon

Israel's army said it intercepted a drone presumed to belong to Lebanon's Hezbollah group that crossed into the Jewish state's airspace. 

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Erdogan Renews Threat to ‘Freeze’ Swedish, Finnish NATO Bids

Erdogan renewed his threat to "freeze" the NATO membership bids of Sweden and Finland unless Ankara's conditions were met.

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DARPA Selects HRL to Develop Frequency Amplifier

HRL Laboratories has signed a $9.36 million deal with DARPA to develop the Electronics for G-band Arrays (ELGAR) program.

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Malaysian Navy Fires First Missile Outside Country at RIMPAC 2022

The Royal Malaysian Navy's KD LEKIR corvette fired the first missile out of the country's waters during the RIMPAC 2022 SINKEX exercise.

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Oshkosh to Upgrade 95 US Army Strykers With 30 mm Weapon System

The US Army has awarded $130 million to Oshkosh Defense to perform a 30 mm Medium Caliber Weapon System upgrade to 95 Strykers.

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US, Japan Conduct Pacific Aerial Defense Exercise

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and US Air Force recently deployed a total of 52 aircraft for an aerial exercise in the Pacific.

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