Aviation News
The U.S. Army’s Ballistic Low Altitude Drone Engagement (BLADE) system has proven that it can bring down unmanned aerial systems at close ranges during a machine gun mounted on the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS).
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Serbia is getting nine Wing Loong unmanned air vehicles from China, local media has reported. The drones will be delivered within the next six months and there is a possibility of a follow-on order for 15 more.
FFA P-16 [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
South Korea will start the mass production of the Haegung anti-missile system and $627 million will be earmarked for the production, which runs till 2036.
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A new infographic from Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense explaining why it went forward with the purchase of 66 F-16s instead of buying the F-35 revealed that the island can only receive the stealth fighter from 2030.
Graphic: ROC MND
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In the September’s issue of Proceedings, Commander Christopher Papaioanu and Brad Elward look at the impact on fleet readiness by the U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program (TOPGUN) over the last 50 years.
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