Day: August 9, 2018

India’s CAG slams DRDO AEW&CS project

Posted on August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 by alert5

India’s Comptroller and Auditor General has highlighted several problems with the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWACS) project.

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F-22s deployed to Spangdahlem AFB

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The 95th Fighter Squadron has once again deployed it F-22 fighter to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Luke Kitterman, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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U.S. Navy helicopter aircrewman killed in fuel tank accident

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A U.S. Navy helicopter aircrewman was killed and another one injured when a fuel tank from a HH-60 helicopter detached and landed both of them.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ahron Arendes (United States Navy) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Taiwan wants to buy land-based Phalanx weapons system to protect underground air bases

Posted on August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 by alert5

Taiwan is seeking quotations to supply a land-based Phalanx weapons system to help protect its underground air bases at Hualien and Taitung.

A land–based Phalanx weapons system assigned to B Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment conducts a test fire mission to maintain mission readiness at Camp Manion, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2017. The LPWS targets and destroys incoming enemy munitions before they are able to cause damage to an area. B Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment conducted the fire mission in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, the global Coalition to defeat ISIL in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Brecht)

Cost to dismantle ex-USS Enterprise to exceed $1 billion

Posted on August 9, 2018August 8, 2018 by alert5

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the cost of dismantling the former nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise may exceed $1 billion.

By Official U.S. Navy Page from United States of America Photo by John Whalen/U.S. Navy (USS Enterprise makes its final voyage.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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