Aviation News
Flight testing of the MS-177 sensor payload on the RQ-4 Global Hawk has started in earnest with the unmanned aerial vehicle carrying the sensor airborne for the first time at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, California facility.
Photo: Northrop Grumman
Continue reading “RQ-4 flew with MS-177 sensor for the first time”
A commercial imaging satellite flew over the Gromov Flight Research Institute near Moscow on May 31, 2016 and managed to capture a picture of the new Russia MALE unmanned aerial vehicle – Orion.
![1489006465[1]](http://alert5.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/14890064651.jpg)
Photo: TerraServer
Continue reading “Russia’s copy of Reaper”
U.S. President Donal Trump will be visiting Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia today and he will be speaking from aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, a spokesperson from the shipyard said.
_on_the_James_River_in_2013.JPG)
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Aidan P. Campbell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
India test-fired its Advanced Area Defence (AAD) interceptor against a target on Mar. 1 and all the mission objectives were successfully met.
![i20173107[1]](http://alert5.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/i201731071.jpg)
Photo: Indian Ministry of Defense
Continue reading “India tested its AAD on Mar. 1”
A report by India Today says the Indian Air Force is about to deploy its Israeli-made SPYDER air defense missile system on its border with Pakistan within weeks.
By Pritishp333 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “India is preparing to deploy SPYDER along border with Pakistan”