Aviation News
Flying over China Lake, three U.S. Navy F/A-18s had eight Su-27s appeared in their radars and radar warning receivers on Nov. 25, 2014.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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X-47B, Salty Dog 2, successfully made dry contact with the drogue of an Omega K-707 aerial tanker on Apr. 15 above the skies of Chesapeake.
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Photo: NAVAIR
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has successfully demonstrated swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of its Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) program.
The Center for Budgetary and Strategic Assessments (CSBA) recently did a study which analyses over 1,450 air-to-air victories starting from 1965.
India has suffered a setback in its bid to create a missile defense shield when a test firing of the Advanced Air Defence interceptor failed on Apr. 6.
“AAD Test Crop” by Sniperz11 – http://frontierindia.net/album/main.php?g2_itemId=65, Copyright to Frontier India Defence and Strategic News Service (FIDSNS) (website).. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 in via Wikimedia Commons.
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