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Marine Corps Fields First New Service Pistol in 35 Years

Marine Corps Fields First New Service Pistol in 35 Years

QUANTICO, Va. — For the first time since former President Ronald Reagan’s Administration, the Marine Corps is fielding a new service-wide pistol replacement.

Marine Corps Systems Command began fielding the M18 Modular Handgun System in September. This striker-fired, semi-automatic, 9-mm pistol …

Rostec Starts Assembling First Mi-171A3 Offshore Helicopter

Rostec Starts Assembling First Mi-171A3 Offshore Helicopter

MOSCOW — Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) started production of the first pre-production prototype of Mi-171A3 offshore helicopter. Flight tests of the state-of-the-art rotorcraft are to start on the summer of 2021.

The first Mi-171A3 offshore helicopter i…

Airbus Reaches 463 On-Time Delivery of UH-72 Lakota to US Army

Airbus Reaches 463 On-Time Delivery of UH-72 Lakota to US Army

It was a day of celebration when the U.S. Army announced the selection of Airbus’ (then American Eurocopter’s) helicopter as its new light utility aircraft of choice to replace the UH-1H Iroquois and OH-58 A/C Kiowa helicopters. On June 30, 2006, the Army chose the Lakota because it best met the mi…
Further Delay Seen in F-35 Operational Evaluation

Further Delay Seen in F-35 Operational Evaluation

Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 has deployed from the Gulf of Aden to Alaska and is coveted by would-be buyers led by the United Arab Emirates. But the simulated combat testing needed to tell how well it would fare against Russian, Chinese or Iranian air defenses may be delayed yet again.

The intens…

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