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Nigerian Air Force Commissions Five Pakistan-made Super Mushak Trainer Aircraft

August 14, 2017 @ 03:22 PM

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) inducted five Super Mushshak trainer aircraft into its inventory on August 9 for the primary training of its pilots at 401 Flying Training School (FTS), Kaduna. At the same time, 16 ab-initio student pilots, including 2 female cadets, graduated from the 401 FTS
UAE Royal Injured, 4 Soldiers Killed in Yemen Helicopter Crash

August 14, 2017 @ 09:37 AM

A member of the UAE royal family, Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 27, was injured while four soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed while on duty in Yemens shabwa Province on August 11. Two others were also hurt when the helicopter went down the cause of which was described as mechanical failure by UAEs National newspaper
Bangladesh's F-7 Fighter Jet Loses Fuel Tanks In Mid-Flight

August 12, 2017 @ 10:48 AM

Two external fuel tanks of a Bangladesh F-7 fighter jet dropped in a village during mid flight. The fighter jet dropped near a road in Nilnagar of Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbaria around 11:00am Tuesday,
200 Vulnerabilities Spotted In USAF IT Domain By White Hat Hackers

August 12, 2017 @ 10:34 AM

More than 200 vulnerabilities to US Air Force IT domains were disclosed by white-hat hackers during a 24-day period earlier this year. The 207 vulnerabilities were found from May 30 through June 23 by US and international hackers in a federal bug bounty program involving the Air Force and HackerOne, a hacker-powered security platform connecting organizations with the world's largest community of trusted hackers
Mechanical Failure Ruled Out As Cause For Osprey Crash Off Australian Coast

August 11, 2017 @ 10:05 AM

The Japanese Defense Ministry has cleared Ospreys for flights after US investigators ruled out mechanical failures as the cause of last Saturdays fatal crash off Australia. Four Ospreys from the US military base in Japans Okinawa took off shortly after its defense ministry lifted the ban imposed after one of the US Marine Corps planes crashed off Australia, Sputnik reported Friday
Bittium, Finland sign Agreement For Tactical Wireless IP Network Products

August 9, 2017 @ 02:25 PM

Finlands Bittium Wireless and the Finnish Defence Forces have signed a EUR 30 million (US$35.1 million) Framework Agreement for the purchase of Bittium Tactical Wireless IP Network (TAC WIN) system products
Twin-Prop Engine For European MALE Drone

August 9, 2017 @ 12:01 PM

A twin prop engine configuration has been selected for the European MALE RPAS (Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) as the basis for further trade-off studies until the upcoming Systems Requirements Review (SRR). Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Aviation and Leonardo have provided a substantial set of data that allowed the participating nations including France, Germany, Italy and Spain to agree on the basic remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) configuration and several main design drivers for the system, after an intensive 10 months trade-off period
Tokyo Wants US Osprey Aircraft Grounded in Japan Pending Australian Crash Investigation

August 7, 2017 @ 09:07 AM

Japan has demanded that the US ground its V-22 Osprey aircraft deployed in Japan after one of the Marine Corps planes crashed off Australia. The crashed Osprey was among the tilt-rotor aircraft deployed at U
US Osprey Aircraft Crashes Off Australia, 23 Marines Rescued, 3 Missing

August 6, 2017 @ 10:33 AM

Three US marines are presumed lost at sea after 23 others were rescued when an American MV-22 Osprey aircraft crashed off the Queensland coast during a US-Australian military exercise. The MV-22 Osprey aircraft was involved in a “mishap” at about 4pm Saturday off Shoalwater Bay near Rockhampton, where the biennial Talisman Sabre joint US and Australian military training exercise is under way, the US Marine Corps said in a media statement
Turkey To Open Military Training Camp In Somalia

August 4, 2017 @ 02:02 PM

Turkey is set to open a military training facility that can train more than 1500 troops in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Somali defense minister Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed said that the camp which had been under construction for the last two years will open this September,

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