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Hishammuddin: Gripen, Super Hornet “still in the running” in Malaysia

Posted on March 27, 2017 by alert5

Malaysia’s Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told the press at the end of Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition that the Boeing Super Hornet and Saab Gripen “are still in the running” to replace Malaysia’s MiG-29.

By U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Jonathan Pfaff [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

GA plans to fly Guardian in non-segregated Japanese airspace

Posted on March 26, 2017March 25, 2017 by alert5

General Atomics has entered into a research partnership with a consortium of Japanese industry, government, and academia groups to study how to let the company’s Guardian unmanned aerial vehicle fly in non-segregated Japanese airspace.

By U.S. Customs and Border Protection [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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USAF has installed APG-83 on its own F-16

Posted on March 25, 2017 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has installed the Northrop Grumman APG-83 AESA radar on its own F-16, a press release from Edwards Air Force Base reveals.

150821-F-HP195-### EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Aug. 21, 2015) Lockheed Martin technicians install hardware for mounting Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) on an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to 416th Flight Test Squadron. Duifficulties were encountered during installation of mounting hardware, prompting technicians to make alterations to factory-supplied parts.

Indian will soon being negotiations to buy C-295s

Posted on March 25, 2017March 25, 2017 by alert5

The Indian government will soon begin the negotiation process with Airbus to buy 56 C-295 aircraft for the Indian Air Force.

By Jakub Hałun (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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F-16 production line not fading away, its moving to Greenville instead

Posted on March 24, 2017March 24, 2017 by alert5

Lockheed Martin has decided against shutting down the F-16 production line at Forth Worth, instead the line will migrate to Greenville, South Carolina.

By SMSGT JOHN P. ROHRER, USAF (By http://www.defenselink.mil/multimedia) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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