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Saab Orders Senop AFCD TI Smart Sight for NATO Customer

Saab has contracted Senop to deliver the Advanced Fire Control Device Thermal Imager for a NATO nation.

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Elbit America to Upgrade USAF F-16 Block 40/42 ‘Head-Up’ Display

The US Air Force has contracted Elbit Systems of America to supply F-16 Block 40/42 Wide-Angle Conventional Head-Up Display replacements.

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Germany Drawing Up List of Bunkers Amid Surging Tensions With Russia

Germany is drawing up a list of bunkers that could provide emergency shelter for civilians, at a time of surging tensions with Russia.

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Boeing Clinches Another $2.4B KC-46A Tanker Aircraft Deal With US Air Force

Boeing has secured a $2.4-billion contract to supply the US Air Force with 15 additional KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft.

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Stretching Moscow Thin: Ukraine’s Global Strategy Against Russia

Ukraine has expanded the conflict with Russia beyond its borders to strategically target Russian assets and influence in regions like Africa and the Middle East.

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Netherlands Delivers Final F-16 Training Jets for Ukraine to Romania

The Netherlands has delivered the final two F-16 Fighting Falcon jets to Romania to train Ukrainian military aircrews.

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HII Lays Keel of US Navy’s 83rd Arleigh Burke Destroyer

HII Ingalls Shipbuilding has laid the keel of the US Navy’s 83rd Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in Mississippi.

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US to Deploy Missiles on Japanese Island Bases for Taiwan Conflict

The US will set up temporary military bases in Japan’s Nansei island chain to deploy missile units in the event of a Taiwan contingency, Kyodo News reported.

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Australia Delivers Third Guardian Patrol Boat to Fiji

The Republic of Fiji has received its third Guardian-class patrol boat, the RFNS Timo, from Australia. The handover is part of the countries’ agreement to enhance regional security cooperation under the Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP).

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Vietnam Welcomes First US Military Aircraft Since 1975

The Vietnam Air Defence Air Force has taken delivery of its first batch of T-6C Texan II aircraft ordered from the US, a first since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. 

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