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Skunk Works head said USN should select flying wing design for MQ-25

Posted on March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 by alert5

The executive vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Advanced Development Programs (ADP) a.k.a Skunk Works said the U.S. Navy should pick a flying wing design from the start for the MQ-25 program.

US Navy's X-47B, AV-2, Bureau # 168064, of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23), conduct Air-to-Air Refueling (AAR) over the Chesapeake Bay on 16 April 2015.  VX-23 is part of the Naval Test Wing Atlantic in Naval Air Station Patuxent River,
Photo: U.S. Navy
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Posted in Industry, Navy, UAV

S-400 to remain in Syria

Posted on March 17, 2016March 16, 2016 by alert5

Chairperson of Russia’s Federation Council’s Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Ozerov said the S-400 air defense system deployed in Syria will remain for sometime to come.

Обеспечение безопасности группировки ВКС РФ в Сирии (2)
Mil.ru [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Air Defense

Changi airport now has a bunker large enough to fit a G550

Posted on March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 by alert5

If you happen to be flying into Changi International Airport, Singapore on runway 02L and you’re seated on the port side of the passenger plane, look outside the window just as the pilot flares for touch down and you’ll see a large bunker just beyond the airport perimeter.

Changi G550 bunker 1

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Posted in Air Force

Unmanned Warrior 2016 to be held of Scottish Coast in October

Posted on March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 by alert5

For the first time at Exercise Joint Warrior, a segment of the exercise will involved purely unmanned air and underwater vehicles.

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Photo: Royal Navy
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Posted in Navy, UAV

First three Tu-160M2s will be assembled using stored airframes

Posted on March 16, 2016 by alert5

Three Tu-160 airframes that are currently in storage since Soviet-era at Kazan will be rebuilt as the first three Tu-160M2s.

Tupolev Tu-160 RF-94109
By Alex Beltyukov (http://russianplanes.net/id166426) [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

Posted in Air Force, Industry

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