Russia’s Nevskoe design bureau has unveiled a new aircraft carrier concept dubbed Varan.
Graphic: Nevskoe
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Six Russian Air Force An-124s flew together for the first time
Six An-124 airlifters assigned to the Russian Air Force’s 566th Military Transport Aviation Regiment at Seshcha Air Base, Bryansk took off together for a joint training mission on Jan. 15.
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An interesting radio telephony exchange between PLAAF and RoCAF on Jan. 16.
Ukraine wants to revive production of An-74
The Ukrainian government has indicated over the weekend that it wants to resume production of the Antonov An-74 cargo aircraft.
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Netherlands to replace Goalkeeper CIWS with RIM-116 and DART
Netherlands has laid out its plan to replace the aging Goalkeeper close-in weapon system (CIWS) with a new solution that consists of the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) with the Leonardo DART (Driven Ammunition Reduced Time of flight) 76 mm guided ammunition.
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