Aviation News
The U.S. Army intends to carry out tests to determine if the Rafael Spike Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) missile can be fired from the AH-64E attack helicopter.
Photo: Mr. William C. Beach, Audiovisual Production Specialist, Test Documentation Team, U.S. Army Operational Test Command
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The U.S. Army has signed the contract to buy two sets of Iron Dome missile intercepting units.
Israel Defense Forces and Nehemiya Gershoni נחמיה גרשוני [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Germany has grounded its Tiger attack helicopter fleet due to defective material being used in a vital component in the main rotor.
By Alan Lebeda [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told Philippine News Agency that pilots and maintenance personnel are now in Jordan to train on operating the AH-1 attack helicopter.
By SSGT MIKE HAGGERTY – USAF (VIRIN: DF-ST-86-07644) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Four companies have been selected and given $99,500,000 firm-fixed-price contracts to build UAVs that will compete for the U.S. Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems program.
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