Northrop Grumman has tested a new Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) using an antenna from the APG-81 on May 9.
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Attack on Bagram air base destroys CH-47
Insurgents attack Bagram air base, Afghanistan and one round hit a NATO CH-47 helicopter. Three Afghans inside the helicopter were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.
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First upgraded CH-53GA handed over to Germany
Eurocopter has handed over the first modernized CH-53GA transport helicopter to the German armed forces (Bundeswehr) at the ILA Berlin Air Show.
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Belarus UAV might be using EU components that are embargoed
A German-based company, 3W Modellmotoren, said its resellers might have resold some of its technologies to Belarus for the use in unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Russia to rely less on foreign-made missile chassis
Russia wants to switch the missile chassis made by Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant to an indigenous one. Majority of Russia’s air defense systems uses chassis made by the Belarus company.
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