Aviation News
Airbus has delivered the second C295M maritime patrol aircraft for the Philippine Air Force to Clark Air Base on Sept. 16. The aircraft was flown from Spain by pilots from Airbus Defense and Space.
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Photo: PAF
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A U.S. official said the latest satellite imagery had captured two Russian Mi-24 and two Mi-17 helicopters on the tarmac of Bassel al-Assad International Airport, in Latakia, Syria.
By Igor Dvurekov (http://russianplanes.net/id53229) [GFDL 1.2, GFDL 1.2 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Mark Welsh, will make a decision by November whether to allow the branch’s enlisted airmen fly unmanned aerial vehicles.
By English: Staff Sgt. Don Branum, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Selex ES’s Falcon Shield counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system is one of the latest product in the market for detecting and defeating micro- and mini-UAVs.
At DSEI, Thales took the opportunity to unveil its Lightweight Multiple Launcher New Generation (LML NG) system that is capable of firing both the STARStreak and/or the Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM).
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Photo: Thales
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