Aviation News
The U.S. Army wants a new advanced 3,000 shaft horsepower turbine engine to its fleet of Black Hawk and Apache helicopters. For that, it selected the Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC), a joint venture of Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney, to accomplish the task.
By: Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s air defense units in Miyakojima island and Ishigakijima island in Okinawa Prefecture will be the first in the country to receive the new Type 3 Chū-SAM Kai air defense missile system.
Photo Credit: Drew Hamilton
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Australia has given Saab a contract to upgrade its Army’s RBS 70 ground-based air defense weapon system and Giraffe AMB radar.
Photo: Peter Liander/© Saab AB
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A Thai Army UH-72 helicopter has gone missing in northern Thailand since Aug. 14. The rotor-craft was carrying five people including a Major General.
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Four U.S. Army aviators were slightly injured when their AH-64s collided at Camp Humphreys, South Korea on Aug. 12.
By U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, Public Affairs Office (U.S. Army) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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