Category: Notizie Estero

France sending its most capable optical spy satellite into space today

France is launching its CSO 2 spy satellite into space from its Guiana Space Center in South America today. Thilo Kranz/DLR, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The satellite will be carried into space using a Russian Soyuz ST-A rocket. It is the second in the Composante Spatiale Optique series. The first satellite was launched […]

Three more Rafales heading home to India next month

Hindustan Times reports that at least three Dassault Rafale fighters will be flown to India next month. By Rob Schleiffert from Holland (Rafale B) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons This is the third ferry flight and like the second delivery flight, all three aircraft will fly non-stop from France to India. For more […]

Kazakhstan to buy two King Air Scorpion ISR aircraft

The U.S. government has cleared the sale of two King Air Scorpion Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) mission aircraft to Kazakhstan. They will be fitted with Raytheon AST TITAN Communications Intelligence (COMINT) Sensor Suites, Leonardo Osprey 30 radars, WESCAM MX-15HDi Elector Optical Infrared Turret Electro Optical Infrared Sensors and Sierra Nevada Small SWAP Auto Electronic Intelligence […]

Indonesia still owes $548 million in KF-X development fees

Data given by a South Korean politician revealed that South Korea has failed to pay $584 million in development fees for the KF-X project. Graphic: KAI Jakarta only paid fully in the first year of the program with $45 million. In the second year of the program, it was suppose to pay $167 million in […]
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