U.S. Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Low-Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) section recently trained with a French Mistral unit from the 54th Artillery Regiment in Djibouti.
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VMA-214 test fires AIM-120 over Gulf of Mexico
A detachment from VMA-214 went to Tyndall Air Force Base from Aug. 14-15 to test fire three AIM-120 over the Gulf of Mexico.
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Yi-Tian mobile air defense system for People’s Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps?
The Yi-Tian air defense system is developed by Norinco and was first unveiled in 2005. Mounted on a WZ551 chassis, the system is amphibious and can be further equipped with a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun.
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Japanese investigators arrive in U.S. to probe into the safety of V-22
A Japanese team lead by Hideo Jinpu, parliamentary secretary for the ministry of defense, have arrived in MCAS New River to start a probe on the safety of the V-22.
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Future American drones need more autonomy, better data links
At the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) in Las Vegas last week, most speakers from the U.S. military dwell on two topics, better data links and more autonomy for drones.
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