Singapore’s Defense Minister Teo Chee Hean told parliament that corrosion of the Anti-Ice Start Bleed Valve (AISBV) on both engines of RSAF Apache, tail no. 069, lead to an in-flight engine failure last month.
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Month: October 2010
Photo: RSAF IAI Searcher UAV in Afghanistan
The Singapore Ministry of Defense has released a photo of its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Task Group deployed to Uruzgan province, Afghanistan.
Photo: Singapore Mindef
Rival teams compete to power F-35I
The General Electric/Rolls-Royce team would not concede the defeat of its engine to power Israel’s first batch of F-35s.
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Israeli Air Force getting a third Arrow battery
The Israeli Air Force is expecting to add a third Arrow battery to its arsenal. This battery is expected to get the newest interceptor and will employ the new Oren Adir radar.
Harris gets $270.3 million to keep CF-18 flying
Harris Corp has secured a nine-year C$273 million ($270.3 million) contract to maintain Canada’s CF-18 fleet.
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