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Denel Seeker 400 has entered production

Posted on August 31, 2015August 31, 2015 by alert5

Denel has started the production of its Seeker 400 unmanned aerial vehicle for a local customer after wrapping up the flight test program.

A Seeker 400 drone, manufactured by South African company Denel Dynamics, flies over Cape Town Stadium.
By Times Asi [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Industry, UAV

Rosoboronexport: Egypt didn’t buy Ka-52

Posted on August 29, 2015August 29, 2015 by alert5

Rosoboronexport has refuted an earlier report by TASS that Egypt has signed a contract to buy Ka-52 attack helicopters.

Камов Ка-52, Торжок-1 RP69102
By English: Alex BeltyukovРусский: Александр Бельтюков [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Britain to remanufacture 50 WAH-64s to AH-64Es

Posted on August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Congress has been informed on a potential FMS to remanufacture 50 British WAH-64 Mk 1s to AH-64Es. The estimated cost of the deal is around $3 billion.

A British Army WAH-64 'Apache' attack helicopter prior to firing its underslung 30mm cannon. Lulworth Camp-Bovington Ranges, Dorset. 19-11-2002 MOD 45142233
Photo: Corporal Mark BALLANTYNE RLC/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Army, Industry

Boeing’s Compact Laser Weapons System tracks and disables UAVs

Posted on August 28, 2015 by alert5

Watch Boeing’s Compact Laser Weapons System track and destroy an unmanned aerial vehicle during a trial at Point Mugu.

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Photo: Boeing

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Posted in Industry, Research, UAV

Belarus orders four more Yak-130s

Posted on August 27, 2015August 27, 2015 by alert5

Irkut has inked a deal with Belarus to supply four Yak-130 advanced jet trainers. This will bring the total number of Yak-130 ordered to eight.

Russian Air Force Yakovlev Yak-130 Pichugin
By Dmitriy Pichugin [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Air Force, Industry

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