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Dec- 2017 -29 DecemberBusiness
Raytheon awarded $634 million contract for AMRAAM air-to-air missiles
Raytheon has been awarded a $634 million contract for production of Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), with many earmarked for foreign military sales
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22 DecemberBusiness
Boeing wins $1.2 billion contract to produce 10 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the US and UK
Boeing has been awarded a $1.2 billion contract to produce 10 P-8A Poseidon aircraft – seven for the U.S. Navy and three for the U.K.
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14 DecemberTechnology
Flapless flight: Successful first flight of ground-breaking BAE Systems MAGMA UAV
BAE Systems and the University of Manchester successfully completed flight trials of MAGMA, a new UAV with a revolutionary blown-air flight control system
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14 DecemberAir
New UK-based RAF Typhoon squadron will temporarily integrate Qatari personnel
The U.K. is to create a new Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon squadron that will temporarily integrate personnel from Qatar
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10 DecemberBusiness
Qatar signs £6 billion deal with UK for 24 Typhoon fighter jets, missiles and bombs
Qatar signed a contract with the UK to purchase 24 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter jets, Brimstone and Meteor missiles and Paveway IV bombs
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Nov- 2017 -29 NovemberMiddle East
UK PM May pledges more counter-terror support during visit to Iraq
UK to spend £10 million over three years in Iraq to counter ISIS foreign fighter threat, develop border infrastructure, watch-lists and biometric data
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14 NovemberTechnology
Autonomous tactical resupply: US-UK joint trials of driverless truck convoy, quadcopter drops
The UK and US armies conducted joint trials in Michigan of a driverless resupply truck convoy, quadcopter last-mile supply drops and a 4x4 remotely piloted by an Xbox controller
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3 NovemberBusiness
US Navy to procure 196 Tomahawk cruise missiles from Raytheon for $260 million
Raytheon has been awarded a $260 million contract for the procurement of 196 Tomahawk cruise missiles and spares for the US Navy
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3 NovemberTechnology
Eurofighter Typhoon successfully completes Brimstone missile live firing trials
A series of live firings of the Brimstone precision air-to-surface strike missile from a Eurofighter Typhoon were completed successfully, BAE Systems said
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Oct- 2017 -25 OctoberPeace
UK hosts Exercise Letterpress international nuclear disarmament verification test
The UK Ministry of Defence hosted an international nuclear disarmament verification exercise between nuclear and non-nuclear weapons states
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