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Finmeccanica demonstrates Mode 5 Reverse-IFF

Posted on April 24, 2016April 24, 2016 by alert5

An Italian Air Force Tranche 1 Eurofighter has demonstrated the type’s ability to use its on board IFF (Identification Friend-Foe) system to scan for friendly ground vehicles.

By Gian Marco Anzellotti from Roma, Italia [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Finland soliciting info on armed UAVs

Posted on April 23, 2016April 23, 2016 by alert5

Finland’s Ministry of Defense has approached the industry to gather information on armed unmanned aerial vehicles that it intends to complement the proposed new fleet of fighters.

U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys
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Official MHI press statement on X-2’s maiden flight

Posted on April 23, 2016 by alert5

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has a press release on the first flight of the X-2 stealth demonstrator.

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X-2 landing at JASDF Gifu Airbase

Posted on April 23, 2016April 23, 2016 by alert5

Air-to-air photo of X-2’s first flight

Posted on April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 by alert5

A press release by Japan’s Ministry of Defense has details of the first flight of the Mitsubishi X-2 stealth demonstrator. The aircraft took from from Nagoya airfield at 0847 local time and landed at JASDF Gifu airbase at 0913.