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Rheinmetall has been given a contract to upgrade the fire control units and guns of the Swiss Air Force 35mm Oerlikon Skyguard air defense system.
By Kobel (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Saab unveiled the first of three Gripen E prototype at its facility in Linköping on May 18. The ceremony was attended by Swedish Minister for Defence, Peter Hultqvist; the Swedish Air Force Chief of Staff, Mats Helgesson; Commander of the Brazilian Air Force, Nivaldo Luiz Rossato.
Photo: Saab, CC0
AeroVironment revealed at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition on May 16 that the U.S. Navy plans to deploy its Blackwing tube-launched unmanned aircraft system from its manned submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles. (Update to correct SSBN to SSGN)
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Graphic: AeroVironment
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A source said the Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation (GAIC) Harrier Hawk II/Air Sniper unmanned aerial vehicle has been monitoring foreign warships in the South China Sea for the past few days. This could mean that the drone has been deployed to the region.
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A Royal Air Force Voyager aerial refueling tanker has been deployed to NAS Patuxent River since Apr. 16 to support air-to-air refueling trials with the F-35B.
Photo: Royal Air Force
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