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Igo Licht, Elta’s vice-president of marketing and sales, said operators of the Airbus C295 have been offered to convert their transport aircraft into a AEW platform equipped with a Elta AESA radar.
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By Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK (Airbus C295 AEW – RIAT 2011) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Dr. J. Michael Gilmore, the Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, said in a memo to Frank Kendall, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, that a draft response to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain had contained misleading information.
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Canada is reported to have selected the Airbus C-295 as its next long-range search-and-rescue aircraft and an announcement will be made today at Trenton, Ontario.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (CN295 – RIAT 2007) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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As of 4 a.m. Japan Time, the search is still ongoing for the missing U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot who had to eject from his aircraft at approximately 6:40 p.m. on Dec. 7, 120 miles southeast of Iwakuni, Japan.
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The annual Christmas Tree formation flight by Swedish Gripen fighters will take place over parts of Sweden today.
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Photo: Swedish Air Force
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