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Xiamen Airlines Switches to Airbus, Orders 40 A320neo

Xiamen Airlines Switches to Airbus, Orders 40 A320neo

TOULOUSE, France — Xiamen Airlines has placed a firm order for 40 A320neo Family aircraft switching to Airbus for its fleet growth, making the airline the newest Airbus customer.

The agreement was announced by the major shareholder China Southern Airlines to the Shanghai Stock exchange.

The…

As Ukraine Pleads for Tanks, the West Still Holds Back

As Ukraine Pleads for Tanks, the West Still Holds Back

Ukraine is asking urgently for modern tanks to help their forces seize on rapid gains in the northeast and take additional territory, but the West is dragging its feet, according to seven people with knowledge of the matter.

The tanks have shot to the top of Kyiv’s wish list as Ukraine presses it…

Putin Nuclear Threat Is Desperation: EU

Putin Nuclear Threat Is Desperation: EU

BRUSSELS — The European Commission has accused Russia’s president Vladimir Putin of desperation after his threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

“He is using the nuclear element as part of his arsenal of terror. This is unacceptable,” Peter Stano, a spokesperson for the EU’s foreign policy d…

Raytheon Wins $440M for Dual Band Radar for US Navy

Raytheon Wins $440M for Dual Band Radar for US Navy

Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, Massachusetts, is awarded a $160,171,318 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-only contract for Dual Band Radar (DBR) design agent and technical engineering efforts.

Engineering efforts and supplies are required to support the DBR systems installed aboard CVN-…

Germany Ring Exchange with Slovenia Provides Tanks to Ukraine

Germany Ring Exchange with Slovenia Provides Tanks to Ukraine

On September 21, the German defense minister and her Slovenian counterpart Marjan Šarec agreed to sign a declaration of intent on the German-Slovenian ring exchange. It is intended that Slovenia will deliver 28 Soviet-designed M-55S main battle tanks to Ukraine in exchange for modern German military…
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