Category: Air Force

Representatives from Japan, Netherlands, Italy and U.K. were at NAS Patuxent River to see how Raytheon rapidly set up a Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) to allow F-35Cs to touch down precisely on a designated point on the runway.

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Dassault will hand over to India its first Rafale fighter on Oct. 8. The new chief of the Indian Air Force is expected to be at the hand-over ceremony in Merignac.

By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2009) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Indian Air Force plans to send a request for proposal (RFP) to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the purchase of 70
HTT-40 basic trainers.

Photo: Indian Ministry of Defense

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