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F-35C might have to redesign its nose gear

Posted on January 5, 2017January 5, 2017 by alert5

Lee Hudson from Inside Defense reports that the Pentagon has established a “red team” last September to investigate issues with the F-35C’s nose gear.

By U.S. Navy photo byMass Communication Specialist Seaman Anderson W. Branch [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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FAdeA completes first overhaul, modernization of C-130

Posted on January 4, 2017 by alert5

Argentina’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer Fábrica Argentina de Aviones SA (FAdeA) has completed its first overhaul and upgrade of a C-130 for the Argentine Air Force.

Photo: FAdeA
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Indonesian Air Force chief to be questioned on why AW101 order wasn’t canceled

Posted on January 4, 2017 by alert5

The Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) has formed a team to investigate the purchase of a AW101 helicopter by the Indonesian Air Force.

Photo: Sgt Ray Cooper RAF/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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India’s next fighter competition will be open to single-engine aircraft only

Posted on January 4, 2017January 4, 2017 by alert5

India’s Defense minister Manohar Parrika has made it very clear that the country’s next fighter competition is for a single-engine aircraft.

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Far-Eastern nation orders RPS-42 radar for its High Energy Laser (HEL) system

Posted on January 4, 2017 by alert5

RADA says a “key customer based in the Far-East” has ordered its RPS-42 radar system for the development and testing of the latter’s High Energy Laser (HEL) ground-based tactical weapon system.