Aviation News
An industry source told Defense News that Raytheon has been talking to Alenia Aermacchi to offer the latter’s M-346 for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X competition.
By Peter Bakema [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Saab Chief Executive Hakan Buskhe believes his firm will be able to snatch the U.S. Air Force’s T-X program together with Boeing.
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Graphic: Boeing
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U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has initiated one quick concept-demonstrator program to employ a tube-launched small unmanned aerial vehicle from the AC-130 gunship.
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MV-22Bs from VMM-365 took to Piney Island bombing range, North Carolina for their air crew to practice hitting land targets with their GAU-16 .50 caliber machine guns.
Photo By: Cpl. Paul S. Martinez
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Apparently, another sticking point that has lead to protracted negotiations between France and India for 36 Rafale fighters is the latter’s insistence to deploy the jets at two bases.
By Konstantin von Wedelstaedt [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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