A U.S. Navy delegation, comprising of 27 people, had the opportunity to tour Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning on Oct. 19.
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Day: October 20, 2015
Will Iran’s revive its fake carrier for next round of naval exercises?
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi has announced that large-scale naval drills will be held before the end of the Iranian calendar in March 2016.
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AGM-88F ignores decoy in latest test
During a recent test, a AGM-88F HARM Control Section Modification (HCSM) missile was able to ignore a radiating emitter that was trying to spoof the anti-radiation missile and successfully destroyed its intended target.
By TSGT KEVIN J. GRUENWALD, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
DARPA wants drones that self-destruct
DARPA has approached the industry to create a small, single-use, unpowered delivery drone that will self-destruct once its mission is over.
Image: DARPA
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C-27 will come with winglets, uprated engines from 2017
Starting from late 2017, Alenia Aermacchi will roll out the C-27 with winglets and uprated Rolls-Royce AE 2100 engines as the baseline configuration.
By Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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