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Prabowo refuses to comment whether Indonesia will buy 48 Rafales

Posted on January 21, 2020 by alert5

Indonesia’s Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto had a meeting with House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I to discuss the recent events at Natuna. He was asked by reporters on the potential purchase of 48 Rafale fighters from France after the meeting. Prabowo only said he will work closely with Finance Minister Sri Mulyani to strengthen the country’s defense.

By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2009) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Maiden flight of Falco Xplorer

Posted on January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 by alert5

Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer has made its maiden flight from Trapani Air Force Base on Jan. 15. The flight time was approximately 60 minutes.

Photo: Leonardo

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Telephonics says it was MOSAIC AESA that won 1st prize in MUX AEW payload competition

Posted on January 15, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Navy’s Marine Air/Ground Task Force, Unmanned Aerial System, Expeditionary (MUX) Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Payload prize was won by Telephonics and the company announced on Jan. 14 that it had pitched its MOSAIC Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) based radar for the competition.

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Retired employees of Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation protest over their missing pensions

Posted on January 14, 2020 by alert5

A group of retired former employees of China’s Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation recently protest outside their former company demanding to get their pension payments.

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121st Fighter Squadron’s F-16s now equipped with AN/APG-83

Posted on January 10, 2020 by alert5

Northrop Grumman announced on Jan. 9 that the U.S. Air Force has completed installation of AN/APG-83 AESA radars on Air National Guard F-16s at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The 121st Fighter Squadron is the ANG F-16 unit assigned to JB Andrews.

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