The Yomiuri Shimbun reports that Tokyo intends to set up a team comprising of members from its three military services to operate the RQ-4.
By Andy M. Kin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
India buying NASAMS 2 to protect its capital
News reports from India says the Defence Acquisitions Council (DAC), chaired by Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has approved the “acceptance of necessity (AoN)” to buy the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System 2(NASAMS 2) to defend its capital.
By Ministerie van Defensie [CC0 or CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Watch a pair of F-117s flying over Nevada last week
Raytheon has done a fit check of its APG-79(V)4 on USMC F/A-18
The U.S. Marin Corps has a requirement to fit a new radar for 88 of its F/A-18C/Ds and Raytheon has confirmed that it performed a fit check of its APG-79(V)4 radar at the request of the service last month.
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Italian AV-8B hitches a ride aboard USS Iwo Jima
An Italian AV-8B Harrier needs to travel to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, for a scheduled preventative maintenance inspection (PMI). Instead of flying across the Altantic, the jet will hitch a ride aboard USS Iwo Jima.
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