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Airbus partners KAI to offer H155 Light Armed Helicopter to South Korea

Posted on March 17, 2015March 17, 2015 by alert5

Airbus Helicopters will partner Korea Aerospace Industries to develop a Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) based on the H155 in order to meet a South Korean requirement.

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Drone captures footage of disused A-135 facility

Posted on March 17, 2015March 17, 2015 by alert5

A decommissioned radar facility that was part of the Russian A-135 missile defense system ha been filmed by a drone.

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India’s DRDO has requirement for supersonic flying test bed

Posted on March 17, 2015March 17, 2015 by alert5

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has submitted a request to the government for a supersonic flying test bed.

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RCAF CP-140 detachment flew 100th ISR mission over Iraq

Posted on March 17, 2015 by alert5

Canada’s CP-140 Aurora detachment in Kuwait recently flew its 100th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission over Iraq.

Photo: RCAF

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USAF MQ-9s being tested in maritime environment

Posted on March 17, 2015 by alert5

MQ-9s from Holloman Air Force Base are being tested in a maritime environment over the Gulf of Mexico.

By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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