The U.S. military said the air marshals of the PLA equipment 2000 may shift to offens
The original diagram with: the -2000 AWACS air marshals Wang Zhangqin Wang Xiongchun.
-2000 early-warning aircraft of the air marshals f independent research and development is called “disappointing machine”, since 2009 the National Day parade “domineering” appearance, it has always been of great concern at home and abroad. People are not only concerned about its technical and tactical performance, from time to time carries compared with the similar early warning aircraft of the United States, Japan, India and Israel, but also concerned about its position in the People’s Air Force, the role of sporadic reports from time to time through the media, it speculate on the practical effect of their service since.
In fact, the “Liberation Army Daily, March 10, 2010, a short message on the offensive and defensive operations in the sea air marshals -2000 rate fighters drill far, a number of foreign media and research institutions as the” People’s Liberation Army the combat capability and greatly improved the evidence repeated references from one side shows the actual efficacy.
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BWB Renews SAATEG Interim Solution Contract for the German Armed Forces
Order worth 75 million euros for unmanned reconnaissance in the theatres of operation in Afghanistan. Rheinmetall Airborne Systems GmbH, a joint venture by Cassidian and Rheinmetall, will continue to support the German Armed Forces in Afghanistan by providing unmanned airborne reconnaissance services.
The Federal Office for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) prolonged an existing order to the company to provide the German Armed Forces with Heron 1 ultramodern unmanned reconnaissance aircraft for two more years. The volume of the order prolongation amounts to about 75 million euros for the period from October 2012 to October 2014.
The order includes the continuation of flight operations as well as the training of additional operational personnel of the German Air Force and the installation of new, more powerful sensor payloads.
Russia showcases WW2 aircraft near Moscow
Russia will showcase restored and refurbished war planes of WW1 and WW2 at an air show marking 100 years of the Russian Air Force in the city of Zhukovsky near Moscow.
This comes from the country’s Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov.
U.S. Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk UAV Crashes In Maryland
A Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator (BAMS-D) unmanned aircraft being tested by the U.S. Navy crashed June 11 at approximately 12:11 EST near Bloodsworth Island in Dorchester County, Md. approximately 22 miles east of NAS Patuxent River, Md.
Lockheed Martin Partners with Turkish Industry for Training Opportunities, PAC-3 Missile Canister Production.
Thailand Buying JAS-39 Gripens and Saab S340 Erieye AEW&AWACS
In Phase 2, the RTAF intends to procure an additional 6 Gripen fighters together with associated equipment, spare parts and training, and a 2nd Saab S340 Erieye AEW system aircraft, for about $500 million over a 5-year budgetary commitment from 2013-2017. A budget squeeze ended up delaying this option, but it’s moving forward with a contract. All Phase 2 aircraft deliveries are scheduled to finish in 2013.
PM Medvedev approves new bomber for Russian Air Force
Russia is going to build a brand-new strategic bomber, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said at a Kazan meeting on strategic aviation. It will be developed alongside the fifth-generation fighter. Medvedev stressed it wasn’t enough to maintain and revamp the existing strategic bombers.
The Russian Air Force will receive the first batch of prototypes of its 5th-generation T-50 fighter for performance testing in 2013
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