A press release by Japan’s Ministry of Defense has details of the first flight of the Mitsubishi X-2 stealth demonstrator. The aircraft took from from Nagoya airfield at 0847 local time and landed at JASDF Gifu airbase at 0913.
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Russia to spend $35 million buying new mobile air defense radars
The Russian Defense Ministry is to buy six sets of mobile air defense radars for $35 million. The first two sets must be delivered next year and the rest by 2018.
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Hanwha Thales to supply AESA radar for KF-X
South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development (ADD) has selected Hanwha Thales as the preferred supplier for the AESA radar to be mounted on the indigenous KF-X fighter.
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Source: KAI
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USAF’s latest optical sensor tested on Avenger
General Atomics has confirmed that the MS-177 multispectral sensor from UTC Aerospace has been tested aboard its Avenger unmanned aerial vehicle over seven flights from January to February this year.
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