Aviation News
The French National Institute of Geographic and Forestry Information (IGN) has awarded the Thales-Airbus Defence and Space consortium a six-year contract to produce maps for the French military.
By National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A convoy carrying the S-300 air defense system was videotaped as it went along Gilan Province in Iran earlier this week. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari confirmed on Apr. 11 that the first shipment of the air defense system has been completed.
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The Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Increment 1 (Inc 1) has entered a new phase on Apr. 5 when Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, approved it to enter the Engineering & Manufacturing Development phase.
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Illustration from U.S. Navy
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Kommersant newspaper says Jordan has started talks with Russia for a small number of Su-32 (export version of the Su-34) fighter bombers.
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By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (IMG_3632) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Nikkei reported on Apr. 7 that the first flight of the Mitsubishi X-2 stealth demonstrator is expected to be carried out in late April.
