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Army Wants To Accelerate FTUAS Drone Development

The Army is asking the industry if it can accelerate delivery of a new scout drone, FTUAS, to replace the ageing RQ-7 shadow after a successful year of field tests of four competing prototypes, culminating in a rainy-day “rodeo” at Fort [...]
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Sukhoi Su-35, A Disaster Fighter Jets for Russia

The Su-35 takes that title by a long shot. It’s marketed as ‘world-beating’ – something it doesn’t come close to. Su-35’s Irbis-E FCR: A Glorified Soviet-era Phased Array RadarAugust 6, 2021Why Su-57E is A $100 [...]
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Indian Navy’s Deck-based MiG-29K Keeps Crashing On Land And In Sea

Between November 2019 and November 2020, the Indian Navy lost three of its MiG-29K fighter jets to accidents. India’s Russian-made MiG-29K Fighter Jets Are Inoperable: CAG ReportJanuary 17, 2022Faulty Engine, Design Deficiencies Resulted Third MiG-29K [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

China’s Type 071 Amphibious Dock Landing Craft Joins Naval Exercises First Time

China’s eighth Type 071 amphibious landing ship recently made its first publicly known maritime exercise appearance, and it has gained operational capabilities in troops delivery, air defense, anti-ship and land attack after entering service with [...]