A military drill in western Russia went awry when a Ka-52 attack helicopter fired a rocket on two vehicles, injuring spectators in the process.
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Legion Pod wins F-15C IRST competition
Boeing has selected Lockheed Martin’s Legion Pod as the Infrared Search and Track (IRST) system for the U.S. Air Force’s F-15C fleet.
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Angola has taken delivery of two Su-30Ks
Two of the twelve Su-30Ks ordered by Angola has been delivered to the country, a company official from the 558 Aviation Repair Plant in Belarus disclosed.
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F-35A to join F-22 at Seoul ADEX
Media outlets in South Korea are reporting that the Pentagon will dispatch the F-35A to Asia Pacific for the first time and the conventional takeoff and landing variant will join the F-22 at Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition, or Seoul ADEX.
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HAL Rudra to start live firing trials of Mistral AAM
India is in close negotiations with MBDA to buy the Mistral air-to-air missile for its indigenous HAL Rudra armed helicopter.
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