Dassault’s CEO Eric Trappier told reporters his company can double the production output of the Rafale fighter if a third export order is secured.
By Laurent ERRERA from L’Union, France [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
“For now we have the first two contracts which fit into our existing production, because France is substituting export planes for its own planes,” he said.
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A bid by Raytheon to stop the U.S. Air Force to re-evaluate bids for the 3D Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DERLL) has failed after a judge dismissed the lawsuit.
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Raytheon had earlier won the contest to replace the aging AN/TPS-75 radar. However, the Government Accountability Office later sided with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman and called for a re-evaluation.
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Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Gen. Mark Walsh told FoxNews “Defcon 3″ that fighting in Afghanistan and against ISIS has stretched his service “pretty thin.”
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A senior Israeli intelligence official confirmed to Reuters that Egypt is getting the S-300VM air defense system.
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However, the Egyptian and Russian government won’t confirm the deal.
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A Bangladesh Air Force Mi-17 crashed at BAF Base Zahurul Haque around 11:06 hours on May 13.
Three on board the helicopter were injured. The pilot had radioed the airport declaring an inflight emergency before the crash.
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Norway has been cleared by the U.S. government to buy 200 AIM-9X Block II missiles and other associative equipment for $345 million.
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The Indian government cleared several big ticket arms purchase yesterday including the acquistion of 56 C-295s to replace the Avro aircraft.
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The search for a new light utility helicopter also comes to an end with the green light to assemble 200 Kamov Ka-226T helicopters locally.
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A heavy downpour caused the flight line at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi to be flooded on May 12.
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Thirty-eight T-6 training aircraft parked there will have to be inspected before resuming flight today.
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A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y from HMLA-469 has gone missing in Nepal on May 12. There are six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers aboard.
By Lance Cpl. Robert R. Carrasco [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The crew had reported problems with the fuel system before contact was lost. Three MV-22s carried out a 90-minute search to no avail. The aerial search was suspended due to nightfall and ground search by Nepalese troops are continuing.
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The U.S. Navy and Raytheon have completed the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) critical design review.
The program is now 40% into its Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase.
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