March 25, 2010 Military Aviation News
03/25/2010
Military helicopters have sophisticated electronic countermeasures to detect and defend against surface-to-air missiles, by jamming or fooling the seekers that guide the missiles to target. Now the Pentagon’s far-out research arm wants to take things a step further, by protecting against unguided — but equally dangerous — small arms fire.
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03/25/2010
The head of the air transport division of Hungary's National Transport Authority has been suspended over an Israeli military exercise in Hungarian airspace, Transport Minister Peter Honig said on Wednesday.
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03/25/2010
The FA/18F Super Hornets, Australia’s first new air combat aircraft in 25 years will fly into their home base, RAAF Amberley this Friday.
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03/25/2010
This striking picture shows the RAF intercepting two long-range Russian "Blackjack" bombers after they breached UK airspace off the Scottish coast.
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03/25/2010
The Pentagon is weighing "interesting proposals" for a possible multiyear purchase of Boeing Co's F-18 fighter aircraft, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Congress on Wednesday, amid lawmakers' concerns about a U.S. combat aircraft shortfall.
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03/25/2010
Lockheed Martin’s Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb successfully completed a series of six flight tests March 3 at Eglin Air Force Base, FL. The Paveway II Plus LGB uses an enhanced laser guidance package, significantly improving precision when compared to existing Paveway II LGBs.
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