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AeroVironment gets contract to export Switchblade 300

Posted on April 21, 2021 by alert5

AeroVironment has secured a $45 million contract to sell the Switchblade 300 kamikaze drone to the U.S. Army and an allied nation.

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, launch a lethal miniature aerial missile system during an exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 2, 2020. During the exercise, 1st ANGLICO’s mission was to launch, locate, track, lock and engage a simulated enemy target with an unmanned aerial system. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Forti)

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Greece could buy another 6 Rafales

Posted on April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 by alert5

Greek newspaper Proto Thema says Athens could buy another six Rafale fighters from France to increase the fleet size from 18 to 24.

By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2009) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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U.S. Navy preparing to operate MQ-4C from Japan

Posted on April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Navy is preparing to operate the MQ-4C from Japan by shipping the Triton Unmanned Air System’s forward operating base (FOB) from NAS Patuxent River to Japan on Apr. 12.

Photo: U.S. Navy
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UH-72 crashes

Posted on April 21, 2021 by alert5

A UH-72 Lakota helicopter from Fort Ruker has crashed near Brown Stagefield on Apr. 20.

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India’s first MH-60R has flown

Posted on April 21, 2021 by alert5

Photo: U.S. Navy