All articles by Peter La Franchi – Page 8
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Australia set to get Super Hornet
RAAF will field 24 Boeing F/A-18Fs from 2010, but Canberra continues to plan for an all-Joint Strike Fighter future
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Support act: Australia's Super Hornet purchase
Australia's Super Hornet purchase is overlapping local participation in the Joint Strike Fighter industrial programme - but could give it a bigger role
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Australian A$6bn deal for 24 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets given go-ahead, no effect on JSF
Australia has given the green light to an estimated A$6 billion ($4.64 billion) acquisition of 24 Boeing F/A-18F Block II Super Hornet aircraft with lead aircraft to be delivered in early 2010 and initial operational capability in place from late that same year.
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NewsIDEX 2007: Selex Sensors reveals mini UAV systems family
Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems unveiled three new mini unmanned air vehicle systems as part of plans to significantly expand its autonomous technologies footprint to include all classes up to the advanced tactical and lower end medium-altitude, long-endurance category.
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NewsUS Army to test UAVs armed with ultra-bright strobe to work as crowd control weapon
The US Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) plans to demonstrate the use of a 7.5 million candlepower strobe floodlight system mounted on board an unmanned air vehicle as a non-lethal crowd-control system.
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