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Subscribe nowIn a sweeping overhaul of the service’s force structure, senior Pentagon officials have directed the US Army to end procurement of “obsolete” and “outdated” aircraft platforms, including the Boeing AH-64D and General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle uncrewed aerial vehicle.
If Airbus and Boeing were to pitch him on next-generation narrowbodies, AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly would reply, ”Don’t let the door hit you on the way out”.
Russia’s United Aircraft has carried out the maiden flight of a modified prototype Yakovlev MC-21 which has been fitted with a number of domestically-built systems and components.
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