The current chief designer of the Il-76 and 78 has passed away at the age of 59, TASS reports.
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BDL to assemble ASRAAM in India
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has secured a licensing agreement to assemble and test the ASRAAM at its facility in India.
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NMESIS hit target ship for the first time
The U.S. Marine Corps has used it’s Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) to attack a target ship more than 100 nautical miles away during a test in Hawaii.
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General Atomics and KRATOS secured contract awards for Skyborg Vanguard
As part of its development of the Skyborg Vanguard, the Fighters and Advanced Aircraft program executive office of the U.S. Air Force recently awarded contract options valued at up to $13.2 million to KRATOS (XQ-58A) and up to $7 million to General Atomics (MQ-20).
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RoKAF frontline fighters escort KC-330 carrying remains of Korean independence fighter
The remains of Hong Beom-do, a historic Korean independence fighter, were brought home from Kazakhstan on Aug. 15 using a KC-330. The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) sent six of its frontline fighters to escort the aerial refueling tanker when the aircraft entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone.