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India to modify 6 A320s into AEW platforms

Posted on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 by alert5

India has decided that it will acquire six A320 airliners from Air India to modify them into airborne early warning (AEW) platforms.

VT-ESC Airbus A320 Air India (7604160464)

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First Japanese KC-46 to fly in early 2021

Posted on December 17, 2020 by alert5

Boeing has confirmed that the first KC-46 aerial refueling tanker for Japan will make its first flight in early 2021.

KC-46A
Photo: Boeing

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Elbit to upgrade Romanian Air Force’s IAR-99 fleet

Posted on December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 by alert5

Elbit has secured an approximately $27 million contract to carry out the first phase upgrade of Romanian Air Force’s IAR-99 fleet.

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725-Avioane_IAR.99C_Soim-DSC_3031.JPG: Willy Henderickxderivative work: Threecharlie, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Successful separation tests of 1,000-kg AASM from Rafale

Posted on December 15, 2020 by alert5

Safran’s 1,000-kg AASM precision guided munition has carried out two inert separation tests from a Rafale fighter.


Photo: Dassault
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Norinco’s Type 90, SWS2 and CS/SA1

Posted on December 14, 2020December 13, 2020 by alert5

China’s CCTV channel 7 recently did a video on Norinco’s Type 90 twin 35 mm anti-aircraft gun system, CS/SA1 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) and the SWS2 35mm 8×8 wheeled SPAAG.

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Posted in Air Defense, Industry

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