Aviation News
It was good news for the Boeing folks at Mesa, Arizona as the U.S. Army has awarded a five-year, $3.4 billion contract to the company for 244 remanufactured Apache E models and 24 new ones.
By Capt. Brian Harris [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Lockheed Martin announced it is ready to deliver a 60 kW-class beam combined fiber laser to the U.S. Army. A demonstration earlier this month saw the system producing a single beam of 58 kW, a world record for this type of technology.
Graphic: Lockheed Martin
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South Korean media are reporting that THAAD air defense missile system’s main senor, the AN/TPY-2 X-band radar, is expected to arrive in the country soon.
The helicopter static display at Hunter Army Airfield now contains a OH-58D and this aircraft has been dedicated to Chief Warrant Officer 3 James Groves III who died when his Kiowa crashed near Kandahar, Afghanistan on Mar. 16, 2013.
The U.S. State Department has confirmed that a U.S. Army Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle company will be deployed permanently at kunsan Air Base in South Korea.
By Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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