Aviation News
The high-speed Shkval torpedo is being replaced by a newer variant dubbed Khishchnik. Not much is known on the new weapon except it is design by Elektropribor.
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Cobham will modify its FR300 Hose Drum Unit into a roll-on/roll-off palletized kit so that the MV-22 can be converted into an airborne refueling tanker.
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has published a heavily redacted 52-page ruling on Boeing’s protest of the B-21 competition won by Northrop Grumman.
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Graphic: USAF
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Raytheon has identified Meridian, Mississippi as the location to build the T-100 advanced jet trainer if selected by the U.S. Air Force for its T-X program.
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is in the process of integrating anti-tank missiles on the Light Combat helicopter (LCH).
Photo: India Ministry of Defense
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