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Old 8th Oct 2018, 06:52
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Originally Posted by Speedywheels


Define ‘many’?
My company has orders to supply production items for e-Captor next year so I call BS on your comment.
2020 for the Kuwaitis, so one-and-a-bit years away. Will still be several years after this before any of the core nations field an AESA operationally, which I think was the crux of the OP's observation. Indeed, I understand that the core nations have yet to decide on precisely which configuration of AESA they want, with the UK and Germany after enhanced capabilities that Italy and Spain aren't too fussed about.
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