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U.S. donates 2 C208s to Cameroon

Posted on May 14, 2018 by alert5

The U.S. government handed over two Cessa C208s Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to the Cameroon government on May 11.


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Posted in Air Force

Video of Dynetics’ Gremlins proposal

Posted on May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 by alert5

A video posted by DARPA on May 11 shows how Dynetics is recovering its Gremlin drone into a C-130.

Posted in Research, UAV

U.S. lawmakers drop funding for OC-135’s replacement

Posted on May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 by alert5

The U.S. House Armed Services Committee has rejected the Trump administration’s request to buy two aircraft to replace the problematic OC-135.

OC-135B (29185770511)
By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (OC-135B) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force

Taiwan’s Defense Minister says negotiations to buy the F-35 are ongoing

Posted on May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 by alert5

In an interview with Chinese-language Liberty Times, Taiwan’s Minister of National Defense Yen De-fa said the country is still negotiating with the United States to buy the F-35.

F-35B Lightning of VMFAT-501 hovers over Eglin AFB 2013
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Industry

Taiwan to field test indigenous passive radar system to counter J-20

Posted on May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 by alert5

Taiwan will soon field test two sets of mobile passive radar system developed by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST).


Photo: NCSIST
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Posted in Air Defense

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