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Pentagon: Boeing will likely miss delivery date for KC-46A

Posted on March 23, 2016March 23, 2016 by alert5

The Pentagon’s Defense Contract Management Agency told Bloomberg that it “has low confidence in Boeing’s ability” to deliver the KC-46A tanker to the U.S. Air Force on time in August 2017.

Photo: Gail Hanusa, Boeing
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Italian Air Force orders nine more T-346As

Posted on March 23, 2016March 23, 2016 by alert5

The Italian Air Force has placed an order for nine T-346As for over 300 million Euros. This brings the total number ordered to 18 aircraft.

By Gian Marco Anzellotti from Roma, Italia [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Chief designer of Chengdu J-10 has passed away

Posted on March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 by alert5

AVIC announced that the chief designer of the Chengdu J-10 fighter has passed away on Mar. 22, four days shy of his next birthday. Just one day before the anniversary of J-10’s maiden flight. He was 86.

3D printed UAV from Johns Hopkins University can remain submerge underwater for 2 months

Posted on March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 by alert5

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by researchers from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has proven that it can remain submerge in saltwater for two months and then launched into the air to carry out its mission.

Credit: Johns Hopkins APL
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