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French Navy Receives First 2 Upgraded ATL2 Maritime Patrol Aircraft
October 29, 2019 @ 10:39 AMThe French navy has received two ATL2 maritime patrol aircraft upgraded to Standard 6, Dassault Aviation announced Tuesday. “This summer, Lann-Bihoué French naval air station received the first two ATL2 maritime patrol aircraft upgraded by Dassault Aviation,” Dassault said in a
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Turkey to Develop New T629 Gunship
October 29, 2019 @ 09:22 AMTurkey is presently developing a new T629 six-tonne attack helicopter and has reportedly frozen the design for the same, Temel Kotil, CEO and General Manager of Turkish Aerospace, has said. “The designs (for the six-ton armed helicopter designated T629) have been finalised and we plan to carry out the first flight of this new helicopter in about a year,” Kotil told during an interview with GBP Aerospace and Defence,
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Airbus Delivers first NH-90 Helicopters to German Navy
October 26, 2019 @ 06:07 AMAirbus Helicopters announced the delivery of first of the 18 ordered NH-90 Sea Lion naval multi-role helicopter to the Germany navy, on Thursday. The rotorcraft was delivered to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw)
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Russia to Export RD-180 Rocket Engines For USA's Atlas Rockets
October 25, 2019 @ 03:00 PMRussia's Roscosmos will export engines to power Lockheed Martin's Atlas III and Atlas V launch vehicles, with the latter currently the only US-made launch vehicle capable of sending heavy payloads into orbit. Roscosmos subsidiary Energomash is preparing to deliver three more RD-180 engines for use with Atlas-5 launch vehicles, the company said in a statement Friday
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Indian Army’s ALH Dhruv Makes Emergency Landing
October 24, 2019 @ 10:31 AMAn Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv belonging to the Indian Army made an emergency landing in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Thursday. All passengers on-board are safe
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Lithuania to buy UH-60M Black Hawks for $335M
October 22, 2019 @ 06:15 AMThe Lithuanian Ministry of Defense will buy six UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for an estimated cost of €300 million ($335 million), a part of which will reportedly be paid by the US. The new choppers will replace the countrys obsolete, Soviet-era Mi-8 helicopters
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India Gifts 2 Mi-35 Gunships to Afghanistan
October 16, 2019 @ 08:44 AMThe Afghanistan Air Force on Tuesday received two Mi-35 attack helicopters gifted by India. In 2016, Kabul requested India to repair and provide new parts for the Air Forces 11 Mi-35s and 7 transport aircraft
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Rostec to offer Modernization of S.Korean Ka-32s at Seoul ADEX 2019
October 14, 2019 @ 09:54 AMRussias state-owned Rostec State Corporation will put forward a proposal to modernize South Koreas fleet of Kamov Ka-32 helicopters at Seoul ADEX 2019 exhibition scheduled to begin on October 15. The Ka-32 choppers will get a new glass cockpit, advanced avionics, powerful VK-2500PS-02 engine and a new firefighting system under the modernisation program, all of which will be on display at the exhibition, Rostec announced Monday
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S.Korea to Build 2 Nuclear-powered Submarines
October 10, 2019 @ 08:16 AMSouth Korea is looking to build 2 nuclear-powered submarines and has assigned a task force to study the project. "With longer-term perspectives to have nuclear-powered submarines, we have been running a task force of our own," the South Korean Navy said in a report presented to lawmakers for a parliamentary audit
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China's Z-20 Helicopter Features Home-made Engine, Fly-by-wire
October 10, 2019 @ 06:03 AMChinas Z-20 helicopter displayed at the National Day parade on October 1, packs innovative technologies including fly-by-wire, and is powered by a locally manufactured engine. "It uses many technologies that should be considered advanced in the world, including the active vibration control, fly-by-wire, low-noise design for rotor and high performance aerodynamic design of the rotor," Wang Xibao, chief engineer at Harbin Aircraft Industry Group under the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), was quoted as saying by local media on Wednesday
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...