Skip to content

Alert 5

Aviation News

  • About
  • Privacy Policy

IAF chief says Rafale deal in final stages

Posted on August 31, 2015 by alert5

Speaking to reporters after delivering a lecture on Aug. 29, Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Arup Rahal, said discussion on purchase of 36 Rafale fighters is in its “final stages”.

Dassault Rafale B, France - Air Force AN0367295
By Konstantin von Wedelstaedt [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

[thumb]http://www.punemirror.in/pune/civic/Rafale-deal-in-its-final-stages-IAF-chief-Raha/articleshow/48725676.cms[/thumb]

Posted in Air Force

Denel Seeker 400 has entered production

Posted on August 31, 2015August 31, 2015 by alert5

Denel has started the production of its Seeker 400 unmanned aerial vehicle for a local customer after wrapping up the flight test program.

A Seeker 400 drone, manufactured by South African company Denel Dynamics, flies over Cape Town Stadium.
By Times Asi [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Denel Seeker 400 has entered production”

Posted in Industry, UAV

Saab offers Erieye to Indonesia

Posted on August 30, 2015 by alert5

Saab is willing to sell its Erieye airborne early warning technology to Indonesia.

Saab S100D Argus (340AEW), Sweden - Air Force AN0334653
By Alan D R Brown [GFDL or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

[thumb]http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/08/29/saab-strikes-technology-cooperation-with-bppt-itb.html[/thumb]

Posted in Air Defense, Air Force

Nigerian Air Force Do 228 crashed

Posted on August 30, 2015 by alert5

A Nigerian Air Force Do 228 transport aircraft crashed on Aug. 29 in Kaduna. The aircraft, NAF030, is said to have hit a house.

vllkyt1adkbaqbarjo.598bde1b[1]
Photo: Olatunji Obasa
Continue reading “Nigerian Air Force Do 228 crashed”

Posted in Air Force

U.S. Army seeking help in NY to find CATM-114

Posted on August 30, 2015August 30, 2015 by alert5

A CATM-114 inert training missile came off an Apache helicopter as it flew from Fort Drum in northern New York to Stewart International Airport in Orange County on Aug. 28.

AGM-114 Hellfire hung on a Predator drone
By TSGT Scott Reed, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “U.S. Army seeking help in NY to find CATM-114”

Posted in Army

Posts pagination

Back 1 … 2,814 2,815 2,816 2,817 2,818 … 5,558 Next

Categories

WordPress Theme: Blog Guten by TwoPoints.