DARPA has approached the industry to create a small, single-use, unpowered delivery drone that will self-destruct once its mission is over.
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C-27 will come with winglets, uprated engines from 2017
Starting from late 2017, Alenia Aermacchi will roll out the C-27 with winglets and uprated Rolls-Royce AE 2100 engines as the baseline configuration.
By Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Swiss F/A-18 intercepted Russian government jet, Moscow complained to Paris instead
A Swiss Air Force F/A-18 carried out a visual identification of a Russian government jet with the Speaker of the lower house on board on Oct. 19.
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JASDF scrambled 231 times against Chinese aircraft during last six months
Latest figures by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force revealed that Japanese fighters were scrambled 231 time against Chinese aircraft from April to September this year.
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Tornados are back at RAF Leeming, Luftwaffe Tornados actually
The Panavia Tornado is once again flying out of RAF Leeming, with a squadron of the fighter-bombers from the Luftwaffe’s Wing 51. The jets are temporarily there for Exercise Joint Warrior.
Photo: Royal Air Force
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