AF-2 has been busy at the Gun Harmonizing Range at Edwards Air Force Base testing the GAU-22/A 25mm canon on the ground.
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The Lockheed Martin Iron Dome-like interceptor that you probably never heard of
IHS Jane’s Missiles & Rockets takes a close look at Lockheed Martin’s miniature hit-to-kill (MHTK) kinetic interceptor for the U.S. Army’s Extended Area Protection and Survivability Integration Demonstration (EAPS ID) program
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RAF will be left with just 127 fighters in 2019
An analysis by Jane’s found that the Royal Air Force will be left with just 127 front-line fighter aircraft once the Tornado and Tranche 1 Eurofighter jets are retired in 2019.
By UK Ministry of Defence [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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USAF buys two Thales Deployable ILS test units
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Thales Defense & Security Inc. with a $18.4 million contract for two Deployable Instrument Landing System (ILS) Production Representative test units.
By Fred the Oyster [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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“Low-rate production” contract for KC-46 to be delayed for at least eight months
Beset by development problems with its new aerial tanker, Boeing will likely have to wait till April next year to get the “low-rate production” contract for the KC-46A.
Photo: Boeing