Aviation News
A Shadow Hawk precision-guided weapon was recently launched from a Shadow 200 unmanned aerial vehicle at the UAS Rapid Integration and Acceptance Center, Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah.
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Northrop Grumman has test fired the first product in its next-generation FIRESTRIKE™ family of high-energy, solid-state lasers that could burn through the skin and critical components anti-ship missiles.
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Senior leaders of the Argentine Air Force admitted that the service never recovered from its losses during the Falklands War thirty-years ago.
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The U.S. Army concluded that the pilot of a Kiowa helicopter failed to keep sufficient separation from another Kiowa and flew directly into its side at Joint Base Lewis-McChord last December.
Continue reading “Pilot error lead to midair collision of two Kiowa Warriors”
ITT Exelis has been awarded a $238 million contract to begin full-rate production of 104 AN/ALQ-214 (v)4/5 jammers.
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