Day: November 29, 2018

Asia-Pacific Misc 

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airman Killed in Action in Afghanistan

November 29, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Afghanistan, Improvised explosive device (IED), Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), USA

A U.S. Air Force special tactics Airman was killed when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) in Ghazni

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Air Americas 

Kaman to Supply Complex Composite Components, Assemblies for Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter

November 29, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Helicopter, Kaman Aerospace, Sikorsky, Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Kaman Composites – Wichita, Inc. (KCW) will supply complex composite components and assemblies for the Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter

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Air/ Missile Defense Europe GeoPolitics/ Policy 

Russia Deploys Additional S-400 Air Defense Missile Systems in Crimea

November 29, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Defense System, Crimea, Kerch Strait, Russia, S-400 Triumf, Ukraine

Russia has deployed additional units of its advanced S-400 air defense missile system on the Crimean Peninsula amid the standoff

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Africa Air 

Sierra Nevada Corp. Wins $329M Order to Supply 12 A-29 Super Tucano Light Attack Aircraft to Nigerian Air Force

November 29, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Embraer A-29/ EMB 314 Super Tucano, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Light attack aircraft, Nigeria, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), USA

Sierra Nevada Corp. has been awarded a $329 million undefinitized contract action (UCA) to supply 12 A-29 Super Tucano light

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Middle East Misc 

Elbit Systems Launches HattoriX Man-Packed Fire Support System

November 29, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Elbit Systems, Elbit Systems HattoriX, Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS), Fire Support System (FSS), Indirect Fire Support (IFS)

Elbit Systems launched HattoriX, a new man-packed Fire Support system that for the first time enables Forward Observers (FO) and

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Americas Naval 

U.S. Navy Amphibious Assault Ship USS Iwo Jima Departs 6th Fleet Area of Operations

November 29, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Amphibious assault ship, Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. 6th Fleet, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), Wasp-class LHD

The U.S. Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), flagship of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG),

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Air Europe 

Airbus Delivers Fourth H125 Super Puma SAR Helicopter to Spanish Air Force

November 29, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, Airbus Helicopters H215/ AS332 Super Puma, Canary Islands, Gando Air Base, Helicopter, Search and Rescue (SAR), Spain, Spanish Air Force (SPAF)

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the fourth H215 Super Puma helicopter ordered by the Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire), the

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Air Asia-Pacific 

Indian Air Force HJT-16 Kiran Trainer Aircraft Crashes Near Hyderabad

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Hakimpet Air Force Station, HAL HJT-16 Kiran, India, Indian Air Force (IAF), Trainer aircraft

An Indian Air Force HJT-16 Kiran Mk-II trainer aircraft has crashed into an agricultural field near Hyderabad in Telangana state

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Asia-Pacific Industry 

General Atomics Opens New Office in India to Support Possible Sale of SeaGuardian UAS and EMALS

November 29, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG), Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), General Atomics, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI), General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS), General Atomics MQ-9B Guardian, India

General Atomics announced the opening of a new office in New Delhi, India adding that Mr. Pratesh Gandhi will serve

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Air Americas Technology 

Workhorse Group Signs Cooperative R&D Agreement with U.S. Military to Test SureFly eVTOL Aircraft

November 29, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments All-electric aircraft, eVTOL Aircraft, U.S. Armed Forces, USA, Workhorse Group, Workhorse SureFly

Workhorse Group Inc. announced that it entered into a CRADA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement) with a branch of the

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