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  1. Headquarters Allied Air Command Ramstein completed Baltic Region Training Event (BRTE) XII at Adazi Training Area about 3 hours ago via web from Zeewolde
  2. Bronco Demo Team (BDT) announces their third OV-10 Bronco, ex German 99+18 completed its maiden flight at Schwenningen-am-Neckar Airfield about 3 hours ago via web from Zeewolde
  3. Boeing to incorporate the urgent requirement for limited integration of DB-110 Reconnaissance Pod System on 8 Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S 7:05 AM Jun 1st via web from Zeewolde
  4. L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, being awarded a -fixed-price contract to purchase 10 C-27J aircraft, 10 option kits 6:57 AM Jun 1st via web from Zeewolde
  5. Eurofighter Typhoon Full Scale Replica to be exhibited at Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Open Day at Subang Air Base on June 3, 2012 1:49 PM May 31st via web from Zeewolde
  6. Elbit Systems get follow-on contract Israel Ministry of Defense to integrate F-15 array into the Mission Training Center 7:51 AM May 31st via web from Zeewolde
  7. Alenia Aermacchi, Alenia Aermacchi North America-Canada, General Dynamics Canada, Provincial Aerospace, DRS Canada sign LOI for Canada FWSAR 7:49 AM May 31st via web from Zeewolde
  8. Northrop Grumman Corporation and L-3 MAS to join forces on a variant of the Northrop Grumman-produced Global Hawk for Canada 7:31 AM May 30th via web from Zeewolde
  9. Cessna awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for four C-208B for Special Defense Acquisition Fund inventory, 7:24 AM May 30th via web from Zeewolde
  10. Team NORDSAR brings together extensive resources of Eurocopter and its EC225 NORDSAR solution for Norway’s new SAR helicopter 7:18 AM May 30th via web from Zeewolde
  11. Hindustan Aeronautics signed tripartite General Contract for for the Multirole Transport Aircraft 8:12 AM May 29th via web from Zeewolde
  12. A new six-month study contract known as Tornado Project Quest will look at the future sustainment requirements for the UK’s Tornado fleet. 5:06 AM May 29th via web from Zeewolde
  13. Australian Army’s fleet of ARH has returned to training activities following the lifting of temporary suspension. 4:51 AM May 29th via web from Zeewolde
  14. Eurofighter Typhoons of the Italian Air Force (ItAF) have replaced the last of the air forces’ F-16 jets 8:44 AM May 24th via web from Zeewolde
  15. Pilatus Aircraft announced that the Indian Air Force has entered into a contract to procure a fleet of 75 PC-7 MkII turboprop aircraft. 8:43 AM May 24th via web from Zeewolde
  16. Boeing received a EMD contract to develop a design that modernizes flight deck and avionics of the U.S. and NATO E-3 707 AWACS aircraft. 6:34 AM May 23rd via web from Zeewolde
  17. Northrop Grumman Corporation's E‑8C Joint STARS testbed with a new JT-8D propulsion system, has successfully completed flight testing 6:33 AM May 23rd via web from Zeewolde
  18. The Government of Bangladesh has requested a possible sale for regeneration, of 4 Lockheed Martin C-130Es. 3:57 AM May 23rd via web
  19. Possible Foreign Military Sale Government of Australia for 12 EA-18G Modification Kits to convert F/A-18F aircrafts to the G configuration 3:56 AM May 23rd via web
  20. The U.S. Army’s fleet of 219 UH-72A Lakota helicopters surpassed the 100,000 flight hour milestone during operations on May 10. 8:28 AM May 22nd via web from Zeewolde