Turkey’s indigenous HİSAR-A air defense system successfully carried out its first test fire on Oct. 6.
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Day: October 9, 2013
U.S. Army tries to assure Germans on MQ-5 mission
The U.S. Army hosted an open house at Vilseck’s Rose Barracks, Germany to assure the German public that the base’s MQ-5 are not there to spy on them.
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Israeli Hermes 450 crashed
An Israeli Air Force Hermes 450 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast south of Tel Aviv on Oct. 8. This is the second crash in three months.
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Japan to resume flying P-1 maritime patrol aircraft
Japan has isolated the problem which grounded its P-1 maritime patrol aircraft and will implement fixes before resuming flying this month.
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Bell V-280 to make first flight in 2017
Bell says its V-280 tiltrotor is on track to achieve first flight in 2017.
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