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Brazilian Air Force’s KC-390s will be installed with the Selex ES Gabbiano T20 radar. Selex says the T20 for the KC-390 incorporates radar modes optimized for military transport aircraft.
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RAND has published a report on air base attacks based on historical data over the past 100 years and identifies five classes of defensive options that had worked over those period.
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Former U.S. Navy fighter pilot, U.S. Sen. John McCain told National Journal that the U.S. “Navy should be looking at drones to replace manned aircraft.”
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British Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, paid a visit to the Royal Air Force’s 6 Squadron detachment in Estonia on Jun. 17. During this period the unit scrambled four times to identify four MiG-31BMs, two Tu-22M3s, two An-26s and an A-50 Mainstay.
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The Russian Defense Ministry’s Northern Fleet press service says its Arctic coastal forces has started to operate Takhion and Eleron-3 drones over its Arctic region for monitoring purposes.
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