A study has found that by switching from the Martin Baker US16E ejection seat to Goodrich’s ACES 5 seat could result in potential savings for the F-35 program.
Month: October 2011
Pilot error lead to Black Hawk crash in Afghanistan
A lack of crew co-ordination during a night raid lead to the crash of a U.S. Black Hawk in Afghanistan.
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JASDF scrambled 83 times against Chinese aircraft from April to September
The latest statistics released by Japan show that the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force scrambled aircraft a record 83 times against Chinese aircraft from April to September.
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B-52H payload being expanded by two-thirds
AEDC has build its biggest model, a B-52H, in order to test weapons separations from the plane’s internal weapons bay.
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Sweden offers Gripen to Croatia
The Swedish Government has submitted an offer including the sale of either twelve or eight of the latest version of Gripen C/D to Croatia.
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