Alenia Aermacchi has launched a photo contest titled: “One Hundred Years Young”. This contest is to celebrate the firm’s 100th anniversary.
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RCMP called in to recover radar transmitter
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had to be called in to recover a wave radar transmitter that was sold off accidentally.
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First qualification firing of MdCN carried out
The French DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) has successfully carried out the first qualification firing of the naval cruise missile (MdCN or Missile de Croisière Naval) on Jul. 1.
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GMD test fails again
A demonstration of the U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) was carried out on Jul. 5 and the interception of a long-range ballistic missile target did not occur.
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Indian Air Force C-130Js played important role during humanitarian missions in Uttarakhand
Dense fogs and narrow valleys often hamper the Indian Air Force’s attempt to evacuate those stranded by floods in Uttarakhand. Not being able to deploy an early warning aircraft for air traffic control, a C-130J was used to monitor the weather patterns over Uttarakhand every morning.
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