A C-17 that landed at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan on Jan. 12 suffered $70 million in damages after the plane overshot the runway.
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Day: June 12, 2012
Video: Wreckage of BAMS-D
The U.S. Navy lost one of its Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrators (BAMS-D) on Monday during a test flight in Maryland.
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Thales unveils mobile air defence gun system
Thales is unveiling its RAPIDFire mobile air defence gun system at Eurosatory12. RAPIDFire combines the CONTROLMaster 60 surveillance radar with the CONTROLView command and control module. These are integrated with the multi-sensor stabilised optronic sighting system and the CT40 gun from CTAI.
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