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4 New Mi-17 Helicopters to Afghan Army

4 New Mi-17 Helicopters to Afghan Army

Afghan Army Mi-17s(click to view full) In July 2009, The Afghan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC) bought 4 more Mi-17 variant helicopters and related tool kits from Defense Technology Inc. (DTI), who provides military hardware from the former Soviet Union to the U.S....

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Iraq Looking for More Light/Med. Utility Helicopters

Iraq Looking for More Light/Med. Utility Helicopters

IqAF Huey-II, Mosul 2008(click to view full) On Nov 19/09, the US DSCA announced [PDF] a formal request from the Iraqi government to buy up to 27 light and medium utility helicopters, in a deal whose possible value is set at $1.2 billion. DSCA requests do not...

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$302.9M to Northrop Grumman for 5 USAF RQ-4 Global Hawks

$302.9M to Northrop Grumman for 5 USAF RQ-4 Global Hawks

RQ-4: High flight(click to view full) The RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have provided invaluable intelligence to US troops in the field in Iraq and Afghanistan over the years. In its first year of use in Afghanistan, the RQ-4 provided [pdf] more...

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Britain Orders Dragon Runner Robots for the Troops

Britain Orders Dragon Runner Robots for the Troops

Dragon Runner system(click to view larger) QinetiQ North America subsidiary Automatika recently announced a GBP 12 million (about $20 million) urgent operational contract from the UK's Ministry of Defence to supply almost 100 of its small Automatika Dragon Runner...

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