Aviation News
Travis Air Force Base has partnered with Easy Aerial to roll out the first automated drone-based perimeter security system at a U.S. Air Force installation on Dec. 11.
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Elbit has secured an approximately $27 million contract to carry out the first phase upgrade of Romanian Air Force’s IAR-99 fleet.
725-Avioane_IAR.99C_Soim-DSC_3031.JPG: Willy Henderickxderivative work: Threecharlie, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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During a series of tests over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground on Dec. 9, the Pentagon was able to demonstrate the effectiveness of its gatewayONE payload to let fifth generation fighters communicate with each other via their datalinks for the first time.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Cason
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Close look at the loading of two AGM-183A hypersonic missiles on a B-52H during the final captive-carry test on Aug. 8.
Kyodo News reports that the Japanese Ministry of Defense has drop its request for $205 million in the budget next year for the modification of F-15 to carry the JASSM.
Graphic: Boeing
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