A recent large-scale integrated combat capability exercise at Hill Air Force Base saw F-35s and F-16s protecting the air base non-stop for more than 8 hours.
Day: May 7, 2019
India to launch RISAT-2 on May 22
India will soon have a second radar imaging spy satellite in space orbit with the launch of RISAT-2BR1 on May 22.
Ministry of Science and Technology [GODL-India], via Wikimedia Commons
India to buy 10 Ka-31s
India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) is said to have approved the purchase of 10 Kamov Ka-31 naval airborne early warning and control helicopter.
Dmitriy Pichugin [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
Pentagon orders review to see whether CH-53K can be replaced by CH-47
A team from the Pentagon’s independent cost analysis and program assessment group visited Boeing last month to review data on how the CH-47 could be adapted for the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Raytheon’s MAD-FIRES projectile successfully tested its rocket motor
Raytheon announced on May 6 that it has carried out a hot fire of the rocket motor for DARPA’s Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System (MAD-FIRES).
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