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• Michael Marrow
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• Michael Marrow
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Last Updated: Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, 6:21 PM PST
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FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
Madrid signs Halcon II order for 25 more Eurofighters
By FlightGlobal: Madrid has signed a project Halcon II contract covering the production of a further batch of 25 Eurofighter combat aircraft.
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ABC News
• ABC News
A CH-53E Super Stallion Military helicopter makes emergency landing at Camp Pendleton, California
By ABC News: A military helicopter made an emergency landing on Camp Pendleton, California Highway Patrol said in a statement.
USNI News
• Sam LaGrone
USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Back Home After Pacific, Middle East Deployment To San Diego
By USNI News: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) sailed into San Diego Bay on Friday, wrapping a five-month deployment that included operations in the Pacific and striking Houthi targets in Yemen as part of the U.S.-led Operation Prosperity Guardian.
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Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
Pentagon awards Lockheed $11.8 billion undefinitized F-35 production contract
By Breaking Defense: The Pentagon aims to finalize the contract for production lot 18 by the spring, though a similar award for lot 19 is not planned to follow until the fiscal 2025 budget is approved, according to the F-35 Joint Program Office.
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
US Air Force reopens F-16 ejection seat deal, setting up contest between Collins, Martin-Baker
By Breaking Defense: While the Air Force will originally focus on a competition to place new ejection seats in the service's F-16 fleet, “decisions following the competition could extend to other platforms, including the F-22 and B-1," the Air Force said.
Aviation Week
• Guy Norris
Stratolaunch Succeeds With Second Talon Launch
By Aviation Week: The launch and recovery of TA-2, if confirmed, marks a major milestone for Stratolaunch’s plan to develop the Talon into a reusable hypersonic test system.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
Lockheed-Martin F-35B And F-35C Use Different 25mm Gun Pods Unique To Each Variant
By The War Zone: The fact that the F-35B and the F-35C cannot use the same gun pods underscores substantial differences between all three main F-35 variants.
