Day: September 27, 2018

Raytheon awarded production contract to supply Patriot to Poland

Posted on September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 by alert5

The Pentagon has give a $1.5 billion Foreign Military Sales to Raytheon to supply four Patriot fire units to Poland.

A patriot missile launcher system part of 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, sits in a training area during the unit’s table gunnery training exercise on Kadena Air Base in Japan, Oct. 19, 2017. (U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Adan Cazarez)

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Lockheed Martin receives FMS orders to supply Sniper pods to Bahrain and Taiwan

Posted on September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 by alert5

Lockheed Martin announced on Sept. 26 that its has received two Foreign Military Sale (FMS) delivery orders for Bahrain and Taiwan.

By Hunini (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Allied bombing raids over German affected the ionosphere

Posted on September 27, 2018September 26, 2018 by alert5

Researchers from University of Reading dug into historical weather records and found that the ionosphere was affected by the massive bombing of German cities by the Allies during World War II.

By U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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RoKAF C-130 team attends flying course at AATTC

Posted on September 27, 2018September 26, 2018 by alert5

For the first time, a team from the Republic of South Korea Air Force is participating in a flying course taught by the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center (AATTC) at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, Missouri.

By Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK (Korean AF C-130HUploaded by tm) [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons

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