Aviation News
The Russian Defense Ministry has grounded all its Tupolev Tu-95 bombers after one aircraft overshot the runway during a practice flight at Ukrainka airfield in the Amur region on Jun. 8.
By Marina Lystseva [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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IAI’s ELTA Systems Group will unveil a new counterstealth Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar at the Paris Airshow.
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As part of the KC-46 development program, the aerial tanker had to be subjected to a series of weapons survivability test. The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s Weapons Survivability Laboratory was tasked with the assignment.
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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said he has been informed by the German Embassy on Jun. 8 that Berlin has officially selected the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) air defense system.
By Bin im Garten (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently flew a series of demonstrations of its Harop suicide drone to a foreign customer in Israel.
Julian Herzog [GFDL or CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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