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South Korea to sign contract for MH-60R this month

Posted on December 16, 2020 by alert5

South Korea will go ahead to sign the contract to buy 12 MH-60R naval helicopters from Lockheed Martin this month.

An MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71, takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 5, 2019. The John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Grant G. Grady)

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Elbit to upgrade Romanian Air Force’s IAR-99 fleet

Posted on December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 by alert5

Elbit has secured an approximately $27 million contract to carry out the first phase upgrade of Romanian Air Force’s IAR-99 fleet.

725-Avioane_IAR.99C_Soim-DSC_3031.JPG: Willy Henderickxderivative work: Threecharlie, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Successful separation tests of 1,000-kg AASM from Rafale

Posted on December 15, 2020 by alert5

Safran’s 1,000-kg AASM precision guided munition has carried out two inert separation tests from a Rafale fighter.

Photo: Dassault
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F-22, F-35 and XQ-58A flew together for the first time

Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 by alert5

During a series of tests over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground on Dec. 9, the Pentagon was able to demonstrate the effectiveness of its gatewayONE payload to let fifth generation fighters communicate with each other via their datalinks for the first time.

U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Cason
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