The Bulgarian and Romanian Air Forces will hold exercise Blue Bridge 2014 this month. Both sides will allocate a C-27J to the exercise.
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Category: Air Defense
Vigilant Eagle 2014 canceled
This year’s Vigilant Eagle – an air defense exercise involving U.S., Canada and Russia has been canceled.
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Thales to test Cerberus airborne early warning system soon
Thales UK’s Cerberus airborne early warning system will soon be airborne as it competes with Lockheed Martin to secure the contract for Royal Navy’s Crowsnest competition.
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Photos: Oerlikon Skyshield delivered to Indonesia
Early last year, we reported that Rheinmetall has sold its Oerlikon Skyshield to an unidentified customer in Asia. The customer has been confirm to be Indonesia.
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YouTube: Chinese FD2000, FL-3000N air defense system
CCTV has produce a three-part series on various Chinese air defense missile systems. First part covers the HQ-9 (FD2000) long-range air defense system and FL-3000N close-in air defense missile.