Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehgan will visit Moscow this week to discuss the sale of the S-300 air defense system.
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Monthly Archives: April 2015
BAE Systems to skip Paris Air Show as well
Besides Northrop Grumman, attendees of this year’s Paris Air Show won’t be able to see BAE Systems’ exhibits as well.
By Dmitry A. Mottl (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Serbia keen to buy Mi-17s
Serbian Prime Minister Alexander Vucic said his government will buy the Mi-17 or Mi-171 helicopter from Russia.
By Boksi (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Air Force Reserve-led KC-46A bases announced
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina; Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts; and Grissom ARB, Indiana are candidate bases for the first U.S. Air Force Reserve-led KC-46A location.
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ONR demonstrates low-cost swarming UAVs
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has successfully demonstrated swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of its Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) program.
A tube-based launcher that can send UAVs in rapid succession to overwhelm an adversary.
The small footprint of the launcher and the UAVs will enable the technology to be employed from ships, tactical vehicles, aircraft or other unmanned platforms.
Over a one month period, the Navy was able to get nine Coyote UAVs to synchronize amongst themselves and fly in formation.
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F-16IQs returning home in July-August time frame
An anonymous Iraqi official told Reuters that the county is expecting its F-16IQs to return home sometime between July and August.
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U.S. Air Force grounds T-6 II fleet
The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command grounded its T-6 II fleet last week over concerns with an engine oil line.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. David Richards [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The fleet is expected to resume flying today after undergoing inspections.
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Brazil may start exporting Gripens from 2023.
A senior Embraer official said his company and Saab will start to export Gripens from Brazil from 2023.
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Raytheon planning to test multi-mode seeker for Tomahawk Block IV
During the second quarter of 2015, Raytheon will test a modified Tomahawk Block IV missile nose cone attached to a T-39. The nose cone contains a new multi-mode seeker.
“Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile“. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
The new seeker has both active and passive radio frequency antennas that will allow future Tomahawks to broadcast active radar as well as passively receive target electromagnetic radiation.
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Hackers targeted South East Asia nations and India for over a decade
A hacker group, dubbed APT 30, has been outed by security firm FireEye. The firm claims the group had been conducting cyber espionage in South East Asia and India since 2005.
“Phishing Login” by Albaniaman – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.