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The mysterious IRST pod at TADTE

Posted on August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 by alert5

There has been rumors that the new F-16s that Taiwan wishes to buy come with IRST on board. A scale model being exhibited by Lockheed Martin at Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE) shows a IRST pod on station 5L.

Photo: YC Kwan
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Brazil and Hungary in talks on KC-390

Posted on August 16, 2019 by alert5

Hungary is said to be in talks with Brazil regarding the purchase of the Embraer KC-390 cargo plane.

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First U.S. Army field artillery unit to be assigned C-RAM mission

Posted on August 16, 2019 by alert5

Brig. Gen. Kenneth Hara, Hawaii Army National Guard Deputy Adjutant General visits Hawaii Army National Guard Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery Regiment as they conduct Counter Rocket Artillery Mortar operations during deployment training, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Jun. 9, 2019. The 487th FAR was selected as the first non Air Defense Artillery unit to be trained on C-RAM operations outside of their primary Military Occupational Specialty of Field Artillery. (Hawaii Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Theresa Gualdarama)

Draken International donating MiG-21 to National Naval Aviation Museum

Posted on August 16, 2019 by alert5

A MiG-21 will soon arrive at the National Naval Aviation Museum to become an exhibit.

Alf van Beem [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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India has decided not to work with Safran on improving the Kaveri

Posted on August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 by alert5

India’s Kaeri jet engine has run into trouble again after the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) discovered that it will be too expensive to pay for its development using French assistance.

By Jagan Pillariseti (http://bharat-rakshak.com/) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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