Aircraft Articles

Rio 2016: Brazil Looks to Russia for Air Defense Systems

Rio 2016: Brazil Looks to Russia for Air Defense Systems

Pantsir-S1(click to view full) Brazil needs to upgrade its ground-based air defenses, and has chosen Russian equipment to do so. Protecting the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is very much on Brazil's mind, and so is improving anti-aircraft defenses beyond the current...

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The USS Enterprise’s Long ESDRA Drydocking

The USS Enterprise’s Long ESDRA Drydocking

Task Force One, 1964(click to view full) Enterprise redelivered to US Navy. (April 19/10) USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is currently mired in an Extended Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (EDSRA). The cost has shot...

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Czechs Choose, Cancel, Then Come Back to Pandur II APCs

Czechs Choose, Cancel, Then Come Back to Pandur II APCs

Pandur II w. RCWS-30(click to view full) In January 2006, the Czech Republic selected General Dynamics' European Land Combat Systems subsidiary Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug GmbH of Austria to supply its army with 199 new eight-wheeled Pandur II armored personnel...

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