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German Armed Forces’ H145s get L3Harris sensor system upgrade
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Air Warfare Review 2024: Budget cuts and delays fail to dampen modernisation efforts in 2024
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Top-level commitments but no meat in UK Defence Industrial Strategy’s Statement of Intent
