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US Air Force Testing New Hardware for F-35 Engine

US Air Force Testing New Hardware for F-35 Engine

ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. — The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine, which powers the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, is back at Sea Level Test Cell 3, or SL-3, at Arnold Air Force Base for another round of accelerated mission testing, or AMT, to validate new hardware.

AMT provides a means to put engines through a …

Russia Completes Overhaul of Six Peruvian Mi-17-1V Helicopters

Russia Completes Overhaul of Six Peruvian Mi-17-1V Helicopters

LIMA — “Russian Helicopters” Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has overhauled six Mi-17-1V military transport helicopters at Lima Peruvian Air Force base SEMAN in two years.

Maintenance work was carried out by the Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant (NARP), part of “Russian Helic…

US Air Force Introduces DICE Kits to Assist Intel Analysts

US Air Force Introduces DICE Kits to Assist Intel Analysts

MOODY AFB, Ga. — The 23rd Wing is one of the first lead wings to implement the Deployed Intelligence Combat Element (DICE) kit in an effort to support Agile Combat Employment.

The DICE kit allows intel analysts to establish secure communications downrange with a smaller footprint in the area of…

Australia Says New Jamming Tech Proving Successful

Australia Says New Jamming Tech Proving Successful

Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) is working with South Australian start-up, RFTEQ, to develop jammer technologies capable of defeating radio-controlled improvised explosive devices and other communication threats.

The partnership is already yielding promising results, with the developm…

Pentagon to Modernize Its Own Industrial Base

Pentagon to Modernize Its Own Industrial Base

The Defense Department’s organic industrial base — which includes things such as maintenance depots, shipyards, fleet readiness centers, air logistics centers and manufacturing arsenals — needs to be modernized and updated in order to keep serving America’s warfighter. The department has a plan to m…
Ukraine’s Latest “Mineral-U” Radar Passes Factory Tests

Ukraine’s Latest “Mineral-U” Radar Passes Factory Tests

Mobile multifunctional radar complex “Mineral-U”, developed by SE “Research Institute of Radar Systems” Quantum-Radar “, which is part of Ukroboronprom, has successfully passed factory (preliminary) tests.

“Mineral-U” detects and classifies surface objects at a distance of up to 500-600 km due to…


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