A German-made EMT Luna X-2000 UAV was captured by Houthi rebels in the northwestern Yemeni province of Sa’ada on Apr. 30. It was reported that the UAV belonged to Saudi Arabia.
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The drone developed a snag and deployed its parachute recovery system while flying overhead.
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Defense News says U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh and USPACOM commander Adm. Samuel Locklear have fallen behind in the selection process for the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Canada may have to scale back its plan to build 15 new warships to replace three destroyers and twelve frigates.
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Indonesian shipbuilding company PT Lundin Industry Invest is back in the news again. This time it wants to create a tank boat or fire support vessel for the Indonesian Navy.
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Gunmen fired at a Mexican Air Force EC725 helicopter in the western Mexican state of Jalisco on Apr. 30.
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Three soldiers were killed and ten others injured in the attack. Another three soldiers are missing.
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VL.ru correspondents traveled to Russia’s Far East Eastern Military District on Apr. 23 and watch pilots from the Eastern Military District compete to qualify for Aviadarts 2015.
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The first Yak-130 for the Bangladesh Air Force made its maiden flight on Apr. 29. The aircraft’s serial number is 130.12.02-0101. Delivery is expected to be in June and eight out of 16 aircraft on order have been constructed.
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The National Reconnaissance Office will launch a new type of optical spy satellite into space in 2018.
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NROL-71 will use a Delta 4-Heavy rocket to bring the Keyhole-type satellite into orbit from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 6.
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U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has defended his previous comment that the F-35C will be the last manned strike fighter his service will buy or fly.
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“Unmanned is the future,” Mabus said in a speech at the National Press Club. “If we don’t keep up in this, if we don’t lead on this, we’re very certainly going to be bypassed … because we’re not the only ones working on this.”
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At a news briefing at the Pentagon, Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, told reporters that Russia has scaled back its long-range bomber patrols.
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