Aviation News
Lockheed Martin has secured a $490 million contract with three nations to provide their warships with the latest Aegis Baseline 9.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jacob I. Allison [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A British Army Thales Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on finals to land at ParcAberporth airfield in Wales on Oct. 16, 2014 crashed instead due to a software bug that activated the drone’s landing procedures prematurely.
Photo: Andrew Linnett/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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The captain of a Royal Air Force Voyager tanker who sent the aircraft into a dive accidentally with this digital camera will be court-martialed in February for making a false record and negligently performing a duty.
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By RAF Brize Norton Photographic Section (Flickr: Voyager ZZ333 Exits the Runway) [OGL 2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia media reported that jet engine manufacturer Kuznetsov will restart production of its NK-32 turbofan engine that is solely used on the Tu-160 bomber.
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By Ironmungy (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Australia has given Saab a contract to upgrade its Army’s RBS 70 ground-based air defense weapon system and Giraffe AMB radar.
Photo: Peter Liander/© Saab AB
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