February 22, 2012 Military Aviation News
02/22/2012
On Feb. 16, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz announced that Kadena's 67th Fighter Squadron earned the Raytheon Trophy for 2011. The annual award, originally started by the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1953, is now sponsored by Raytheon Systems Corporation and is given to the top air superiority or air defense squadron in the Air Force.On Feb. 16, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz announced that Kadena's 67th Fighter Squadron earned the Raytheon Trophy for 2011.
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02/22/2012
India is planning to develop sophisticated state-of-the-art next generation electronic warfare (EW) systems which would be mounted on to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aircraft and satellites to see deep into the enemy territories.
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02/22/2012
The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) recently achieved a first shot success from a fixed-wing aircraft, BAE Systems announced today. The semi-active laser guided version of the U.S. military's Hydra rocket successfully hit within inches of the center of its laser spot target after it was fired off a Hawker Beechcraft AT-6C from a range of three miles.
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02/22/2012
The Indo-Russian fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) is superior than the similar Chinese and American rival fighter jets which include the J 20 Black Eagle and the F-22 Raptor, a top Russian military commander has claimed.
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U.S. drone makers like Boeing Co. have dominated the rapidly growing market for unmanned aerial vehicles, and they're expected to hold sway in coming years. But Europe may provide competitors in the next decade. Last week, Britain and France reached a military cooperation deal that included a joint combat drone program.
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02/22/2012
Pakistan said the P3C aircraft, modified with the latest avionics, are designed to improve surveillance in the North Arabian Sea, one of the world’s most important shipping routes deeply troubled by Somali piracy. “The two aircraft have been delivered to the Pakistan navy. These aircraft have been provided under the foreign military funding programme,” a spokesman for the US embassy in Islamabad, told AFP.
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