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Boeing to test new rotor blades on Chinook in October

Posted on June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 by alert5

Boeing has plan to test its new Chinook rotor blades this October. If successful, the heavy-lift helicopter will gain an extra 2,000lb for its maximum take-off weight.

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MQ-8C getting flat-panel AESA radar

Posted on June 9, 2016June 12, 2016 by alert5

Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s new Osprey X-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has been selected by the U.S. Navy for mounting on its MQ-8C VTOL unmanned aerial vehicle.

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Indonesia’s envoy in Moscow says talks are ongoing for 8 Su-35s

Posted on June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 by alert5

Indonesia’s Ambassador in Moscow, Mohamad Wahid Supriyadi, told RIA Novosti on Jun. 8 that his country is still in talks to buy eight Su-35 fighters.

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Vietnam’s KCT 15 anti-ship missile program

Posted on June 9, 2016 by alert5

The folks over at the International Institute for Strategic Studies have written a piece on Vietnam’s indigenous KCT 15 anti-ship missile program that can trace its lineage to the Russian Zvezda-Strela 3M24 Uran.

USAF A-10s, F-16s are now firing the APKWS in Afghanistan, Iraq

Posted on June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has acquired the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rockets for its A-10s and F-16s operating in Afghanistan and Iraq under an urgent field requirement.

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