Turkey has equipped its Anka unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) with a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to detect naval mines.
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Italy expressed interest in joining Japan’s F-X fighter program
Visiting Italian defense minister Lorenzo Guerini told his Japanese counterpart Nobuo Kishi that Italy is interested in the development of Japan’s next generation F-X fighter program.
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Russia claims to have destroyed S-300PMU system donated by Slovakia
The Russian Ministry of Defense says it launched Kalibr cruise missiles at a hangar in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro and destroyed four S-300PMU launchers concealed inside. It says those were the S-300 donated by Slovakia to Ukraine.
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British and U.S. navies explore using drones to deliver cargo to aircraft carriers
Two articles by USNI and the Royal Navy on efforts to explore the use of drones to deliver cargo to aircraft carriers out at sea.
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE TRIAL DEMONSTRATION
On Tuesday 15th March 2021, A fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle was trialled at Predannack Airfield just a short drive from RNAS Culdrose.
The unmanned system was part of a series of trials that took place over three days.
The event was part of a technology demonstration of newly iterated MRP (Mission Representative Profile) UAS systems from Malloy and WAS.
Credit: LPhot Dan Rosenbaum, RNAS Yeovilton
AIGI to build F-16 maintenance hangar for Egypt
American International Contractors, Inc. has secured a $26 million contract to build an F-16 maintenance hangar for the Egyptian Air Force at Marsa Matrouh Air Base.
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