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
Month: May 2019
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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Chinese, Russian warships carried out first ever anti-air live-firing drill
The first ever joint live-firing missile exercise between the Chinese and Russian navies took place on May 4 off Qingdao.
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