Aviation News
The AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS), developed for the F-35 Lightning II, has added hostile ground fire detection to its capabilities by successfully detecting and locating tanks that were firing live rounds during preparations for a military exercise.
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The fueldraulic fuses and coolant shutoff valves that were removed from the F-35 earlier may be installed back after warning from the Pentagon’s weapons tester that the stealth fighter is 25 percent more vulnerable to exploding in mid-air after being hit.
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Two MV-22s have arrived in Korat, Thailand for next week’s Cobra Gold exercise.
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The head of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program for the past 13 years has decided to retire. Tom Burbage, a former Navy fighter pilot, will leave the company in March.
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Industry sources say Iraq is interested to buy 24 AH-1Z helicopters for the Iraqi Army and 6-8 UH-1Y for its Navy. Bahrain is also looking at purchasing 14 AH-1Z attack helicopters.
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