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Italian police probing AgustaWestland’s Algerian deal

Posted on April 24, 2015 by alert5

Italian tax police are probing whether executives with AgustaWestland paid bribes in the sale of helicopters to the Algerian government in 2009-2011.

Algerian Navy AgustaWestland EH-101 Mk610 Lofting-1
By Chris Lofting [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

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Canadian drone being tested to hunt submarines

Posted on April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 by alert5

The Canadian military is interested to try out the TD100 from Brican Automated Systems to hunt for submarines or mines.


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Meet the Surrogate Predator

Posted on April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has modified a Cessna 182 so that it can mimic a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle.

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Photo: Air Force Research Laboratory
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PLAN frigate aimed a “powerful light” at Philippine Air Force F-27

Posted on April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 by alert5

A Philippine Air Force F-27 transport plane flying over the Spratly Islands was illuminated by a “powerful light” from a Chinese frigate.

PAF F-27
By Philippine Air Force (http://www.paf.mil.ph/aircraft_gallery.html) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Video of the first X-47B autonomous mid-air refueling

Posted on April 24, 2015 by alert5

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