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A contract for five of the tiltrotor aircraft was signed in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lara Seligman and Vago Muradian contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:amustafa@defensnews.com\">amustafa@defensnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awadz\" target=\"_blank\">@Awadz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Arab Emirates is denying there are negotiations to acquire V-22 tiltrotor aircraft, despite statements suggesting otherwise from the Bell Boeing team that builds the 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