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Lockheed Martin announced it is ready to deliver a 60 kW-class beam combined fiber laser to the U.S. Army. A demonstration earlier this month saw the system producing a single beam of 58 kW, a world record for this type of technology.
Graphic: Lockheed Martin
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South Korean media are reporting that THAAD air defense missile system’s main senor, the AN/TPY-2 X-band radar, is expected to arrive in the country soon.
The Wichita Eagle was told by Textron Aviation that its Scorpion jet will not be competing in the U.S. Air Force’s T-X competition and instead the company plans to focus its attention on the potential OA-X program.
Photo: Textron AirLand
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The Indonesian Air Force will stop flying its F-16A/B fighters based at Roesmin Nurjadin airbase after a twin-seater skidded off runway and overturned on Mar. 14.
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Photo: TNI AU
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MBDA announced that the company’s Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) has been successfully fired from the Lockheed Martin F-35.
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