Month: February 2020

Kratos begins production of XQ-58A despite delay of contract award from USAF

Posted on February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 by alert5

Kratos says its has started production of its XQ-58A attritable unmanned air vehicle despite delays in getting a contract from the U.S. Air Force.

U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Randolph Abaya, 586 Flight Test Squadron

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#FighterFriday

Posted on February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 by alert5

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon, foreground, assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and a F-16CJ, assigned to the 14th Fighter Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan, approach to land during exercise COPE North 20, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 19, 2020. COPE North is an annual trilateral field training exercise conducted at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and around the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Palau, and Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.)

France looks at leasing CH-47s

Posted on February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 by alert5

The French military has indicated that it intends to lease some CH-47s before it acquires a heavy lift helicopter from 2025.

Maj. Will Cox [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Indonesia to receive 14 ScanEagles and 3 Bell 412s from United States

Posted on February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 by alert5

Indonesian House of Representatives’ committee on defense and foreign affairs has cleared the acceptance of 14 ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles and three Bell 412 helicopters from the United States.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Meyers [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Watch the S-350 in service with Russian Aerospace Forces

Posted on February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 by alert5