Rheinmetall has recently secured two important contracts for its Skyguard air defense systems, one of which is a new customer nation.
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Saudi Arabia taking a look at Scorpion
During its second quarter results call, Textron AirLand revealed that Saudi Arabia is in initial talks to buy the company’s Scorpion light attack aircraft.
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Russia’s stealthy UAV appears
An presentation slide on Russia’s current research and development work has unveiled a photo of a stealthy unmanned aerial vehicle dubbed Hunter-B
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Software fix for EMALS validated by U.S. Navy
A software fix for the U.S. Navy’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) has been validated by the service. It was found during testing that the next-generation catapult generates excessive vibration to the aircraft when external fuel tanks are attached.
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SM-3 Block IIA interceptor self-destruct after operator pushed wrong button
An anonymous source told Defense News that the failure of the SM-3 Block IIA test on Jun. 21 was human error after tactical datalink controller accidentally identified in ballistic missile target as friendly. This trigger the self-destruct mechanism in the missile interceptor.
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