An Australian CH-47 made a hard landing in Afghanistan on Friday which resulted in one soldier suffering minor injuries.
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Photo: J-21 or L-15?
Turkey faces shortage of manpower to operate Heron UAVs
Hürriyet Daily News reports that Turkey is having problems maintaining a constant number of Heron UAVs airborne due to a lack of trained operators.
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Naval Postgraduate School studying ways to create large swarms of drones
At the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, assistant professor Timothy Chung in the Systems Engineering department hopes to design a swarm of low-cost, lightweight drones that will work together against a common foe.
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INS Viraat visits Oman
India’s sole aircraft carrier INS Viraat made its first port call to Oman and was open to visits from the public on Jun. 22.
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