Aviation News
The U.S. Navy has ran a series of simulations whereby unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) acting as ‘wingman’ in unmanned/manned teams had to make their own decisions during beyond-visual-range (BVR) air combat missions.
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Photo: U.S. Navy
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A team appointed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has found out what went wrong with the indigenous Nirbhay cruise missiles and the weapon will undergo a fifth flight test in May or June.
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The Chairman of India’s state-run Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) said permission is being sought from the Cabinet Committee for Security to buy six A330s from Airbus and convert them into early warning radar platforms.
By allen watkin (originally posted to Flickr as Air India A330) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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At a ceremony to sign a memorandum between the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) and National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) for the indigenous advance jet trainer, a model of NCSIST’s in-house AESA radar was shown to the public for the first time.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been funding Aurora’s SideArm UAV launch and recovery system for the Tactically Enhanced Reconnaissance Node (Tern) program. A video showing how the actual system works has been posted online.
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