November 11, 2012 Military Aviation News
11/11/2012
The re-election of Barack Obama as president of the United States has underpinned the drive of one of Scotland’s largest engineering firms to seek contracts with air forces in emerging markets. Radar and laser sensor specialists Selex Galileo, owned by Italian aerospace conglomerate Finmeccanica, sees its future in military hot spots such as Turkey and India as growth in the West slows, and Obama pledges to focus on priorities other than defence.
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11/11/2012
Navy representatives recently participated in tests for the Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) that will drive recommendations for digital messaging implementation and unmanned aircraft integration into the carrier environment.
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11/11/2012
Iraq’s acting Defense Minister Sadun Al-Dulaymi has denied reports that Bagdad is annulling a $4.2 billion arms deal with Russia over concerns about possible corruption, Al-Jazeera reported on Saturday. “The deal is going ahead,” Al-Dulaymi said at a press conference in Baghdad. He also denied there was corruption in the deal adding that the Iraqi government simply failed to submit a report on the arms deal to the anti-corruption committee in due time.
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