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IFF Mode 5 installed on USAF E-3

Posted on July 30, 2015July 30, 2015 by alert5

The first set of AN/UPX-40 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system for the E-3 has been installed at Hanscom Air Force Base.

U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Betty R. Chevalier
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Brazil set to receive final eight Gepard 1A2s

Posted on July 30, 2015July 30, 2015 by alert5

IHS Jane’s reported that Brazil will soon take delivery of its final eight Gepard 1A2 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

Derwatz at the German language Wikipedia [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Canada to acquire Israeli Iron Dome radar technology

Posted on July 30, 2015July 30, 2015 by alert5

Canada has awarded a contract to Rheinmetall and Elta for 10 sets of EL/M-2084 radar, the main sensor for the Iron Dome anti-missile system.

By United States Missile Defense Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Erdoğan heading to China expecting a better deal on HQ-9

Posted on July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 by alert5

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on a state visit to China and he will renegotiate the deal to buy an air defense system from China during the trip.

By Jian Kang (2009.beijing. troops parade) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Armenia upgrading its Pechora air defense system

Posted on July 25, 2015July 25, 2015 by alert5

An Armenian television company went to Charentsavan Machine Works and from the screen footage, it seems that Armenia is upgrading its Pechora (SA-3) air defense system.