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Polish F-16 Jet Crashes Killing Pilot Ahead of Air Show: Govt

A Polish F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday while preparing for an air show in the central city of Radom, killing the pilot.

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SNC Rolls Out ‘Only’ Trainer Jet Built for Carrier Deck Touch-and-Go

Sierra Nevada Corporation has introduced the Freedom Trainer jet, its entry in the US Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System competition.

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AI Battle Manager Speeds Up Fighter Pilot Decisions in US Defense Exercise

US fighter pilots have, for the first time, received real-time battle directions from an AI system during a Pentagon-led joint exercise — a milestone in weaving artificial intelligence directly into combat operations.

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Pratt & Whitney Clinches $2.8B Deal for F-35 Engines

Pratt & Whitney has signed a contract worth up to $2.8 billion to build engines for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

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Korean Air, LIG Nex1 Join Race to Build South Korea’s First Homegrown EW Aircraft

Korean Air and LIG Nex1 have joined forces to bid on South Korea’s Block-I electronic warfare aircraft program, a 1.78-trillion-won project to build the country’s first large-scale electronic attack platform.

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Textron to Fly Chase Planes for F-16 Training Under US Air Force’s FMS Program

Textron Systems has secured a contract to organize chase flights for F-16 combat aircraft training under the US Air Force’s foreign military sales program.

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Ghana Weighs New Military Aircraft After Deadly Helicopter Crash

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama is considering a plan to replace the country’s aging military aircraft fleet after a fatal helicopter incident earlier this month that killed eight high-profile officials, including two cabinet ministers.

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Algeria Poised to Receive Russia’s Su-34M Fighter Jets

Russia appears to have begun producing Sukhoi Su-34M supersonic combat jets for Algeria, backing earlier reports of a military sale between Moscow and an undisclosed partner.

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India Denies Interest in South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae Fighter Jet

India is not currently considering South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae combat aircraft as part of its plan to acquire up to 114 advanced multi-role jets to replace aging models, according to local media.

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Airbus Completes Final C-295 Airlifter Exports to India

India has taken delivery of the last batch of 16 C-295 military transport aircraft from Airbus, completing a key acquisition to modernize its airlift capabilities.

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