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According to The Times of India, the BrahMos-equipped Sukhoi fighters will become a platform to keep a "strategic eye" over the Indian Ocean Region
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JANUARY 2020 news
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Russian industry is planning to upgrade the Kamov Ka-52 (NATO reporting name: Hokum-B) ‘Alligator’ combat-reconnaissance helicopter, according to Executive Director of the Arseniev-based Progress Aviation Company (a subsidiary of Rostec’s holding Russian Helicopters) Yuri Denisenko.
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Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer has made its maiden flight from Trapani Air Force Base on January 15.
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On January 10, 2020, the 1st Helicopter Squadron for Clarification and Attack, based in São Pedro da Aldeia, received the third modernized AH-11B “Wild Lynx” aircraft.
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Dynetics, the performer for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Gremlins program, has successfully flown its X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV) for the first time in November 2019.
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BAE Systems has signed an agreement to work with Renishaw to work together on the development of additive manufacturing capability for the defence and aerospace sector, designed to help improve performance, reduce costs and speed up manufacturing processes on combat aircraft of the future.
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Public Services and Procurement Canada has confirmed that Canada will not do any fly-offs among competing jets or tests for cold-weather operations like Finland has underway.
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Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $9,829,327 modification to contract W31P4Q-19-C-0071 for engineering services in support of the Hellfire Missile and Joint Air-to-Ground Missile.
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Dinamika Company completed acceptance trials of a simulator to train pilots and engineers to operate heavy Mi-26 transport helicopter, the company said.
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The Armed Forces of the Croatian Republic have intensified their efforts to replace ageing Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name: Fishbed) fighter jets with new aerial platforms. To this end, Zagreb has sent request for proposals (RfPs) to seven countries, the press office the Croatian government announced on January 16.
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Royal Air Force Typhoon fighters have taken part in a demonstration of the breadth and scale of the NATO Air Policing mission.
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Russian commandos will receive Mi-8AMTSh helicopter gunships in 2020. The trials are scheduled in autumn. The craft can carry commandos and support them with fire. The heaviest option of the helicopter will carry guided air-to-surface missiles and bombs. The payload will destroy ground, sea and air targets at a distance of 20 km. Modern avionics, electronic systems, radars and heat imagers provide for all-weather and round-the-clock engagement. Such hardware has been long necessary for commandos, the Izvestia daily writes.
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Liteye Systems, Inc. has announced the shipment of an additional $10M of US AUDS systems. The recent delivery of Liteye’s US configured Anti-UAS Defense Systems (AUDS) to the US Government continues a three-year run of consistent performance delivering life-saving technology to our warfighters.
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"We’ve delivered three more KC-46 tankers to the US Air Force. Two are flying to 157th Air Refueling Wing and one Pegasus is headed for 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base," Boeing announced on its official Twitter account.
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According to a report from the Uzbek television channel O'zbekiston 24, the Khanabad air base of the Air Defense Forces of Uzbekistan received their first Mi-35M combat helicopters.
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For the first time, Boeing and the U.S. Navy flew an F/A-18 Super Hornet equipped with an Infrared Search & Track (IRST) Block II pod in late 2019. IRST Block II is a critical component of the Block III Super Hornet. The Block III conversion will include enhanced network capability, longer range with conformal fuel tanks, an advanced cockpit system, signature improvements and an enhanced communication system. The updates are expected to keep the F/A-18 in active service for decades to come.
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The Russian Helicopters holding (a subsidiary of state corporation Rostec) has detailed the upgraded variant of its Kamov Ka-32 utility helicopter. The modernized rotorcraft was unveiled at the Seoul ADEX 2019 aerospace show held in Seoul, South Korea on October 15-20, according to the company’s magazine Vertolety Rossii (Russian Helicopters).
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Three US Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, participated in the Japanese forces' annual New Year’s jump at Camp Narashino training area, Chiba, Japan, Jan. 12.
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Batch production of the Russian Prospective Airborne Complex of Long-Range Aviation (PAK DA) is to begin in 2027. Preliminary trials are scheduled in April 2023 and acceptance trials in February 2026, according to the contract of the Tupolev Design Bureau for the R&D of rescue means for the new aircraft. The Izvestia daily obtained a copy.
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Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100, supported by Three Tis Group, was deployed as a first emergency response providing critical situational information during the Kim Kim river toxic pollution crisis in Malaysia.
