Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently performed successful test-flights on a B767-300ER aircraft, equipped with an advanced Fly-by-Wire (FBW) boom system.
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Australian P-8A Advanced Aircraft Contract executed by the U.S. Navy
Australia’s Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston announced the U.S. Navy has executed an Advanced Acquisition Contract for Australia’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
India bans Finmeccanica-group from future contracts
The Indian government has decided that Finmeccanica and its subsidiaries are not allowed to bid for future defense contracts.
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Video: QF-16 live fire test
Watch a surface-to-air missile being shot at a QF-16.
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Second test of U.S. Army’s Advanced Hypersonic Weapon failed
The second test of the U.S. Army’s Advanced Hypersonic Weapon failed shortly after it lifted off from the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska on Aug. 25.
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