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Survey shows most Danes don’t want a new fighter

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

A poll sponsored by Jyllands-Posten newspaper revealed that 53.3 percent of Danes are against the program to buy a new fighter jet for the Danish Air Force.

By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (F16 – RIAT 2008Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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China says its UAVs had been exported to 10 countries

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

In an exclusive interview with China Daily, the chief drone designer at China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics, revealed that ” 20 military users from more than 10 foreign countries” are using the country’s unmanned aerial vehicles.

Photos: Iraqi Ministry of Defense
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CH-53K lifts first external load

Posted on April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 by alert5

The Sikorsky CH-53K has completed its first external load flight test Apr. 19, lifting a 12,000 pound external load in a hover.

The CH-53K King Stallion helicopter achieves its first flight with an external load at Sikorsky's Development Flight Test Center in West Palm Beach, FL. (PRNewsFoto/Lockheed Martin)

Hanwha Thales to supply AESA radar for KF-X

Posted on April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 by alert5

South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development (ADD) has selected Hanwha Thales as the preferred supplier for the AESA radar to be mounted on the indigenous KF-X fighter.

Source: KAI
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Engine that will power the KF-X could be selected this month

Posted on April 20, 2016 by alert5

Eurojet Turbo GmbH and General Electric could find out this month which company is successful in the race to be the engine supplier for the KAI KF-X fighter project.

Source: KAI