Aviation News
The U.S. Army’s High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD) program has a winner. Dynetics has secured the $130 million contract to build and test the 100-kilowatt class laser weapon system.
Graphic: Dynetics
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The Swiss government has decided that the Air2030 program should be split so that the fighter purchase is separate from the procurement of an air defense missile system.
By Konstantin von Wedelstaedt [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Afghan Ministry of Defense has accepted two Mi-35 attack helicopters donated by India. The rotorcraft came from Belarus.
Photo: Afghan Ministry of Defense
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Thanks to Sharon for helping with the translation. A new decree by Russia may help foreign countries who buy weapons of Russian-origin circumnavigate the restricts imposed by the U.S. Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).
Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
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