Pakistan army helicopters fired missiles killing three militants on Sunday, officials said, in apparent retaliation for a Taliban bomb attack that killed 20 soldiers within the restive northwest. The helicopters fired at a road within the village of Musaki situated within the same tribal region because the bombing earlier Sunday, intelligence and civil administration officials said. One of the missiles struck a close-by house, killing a five-year-old girl and a seven-year-old boy, a native administration official added, although security officials couldn’t confirm the civilian casualties. The bombing earlier Sunday, claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, killed 20 soldiers and wounded 30... Read More »
Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), has dropped at the Colombian Army two S-70i™ BLACK HAWK helicopters incorporating a Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System (HTAWS) as standard equipment. Colombia is the 1st country to field S-70i helicopters equipped with HTAWS, which Sikorsky has customized for the original requirements of the combat assault and utility missions. “HTAWS will give military operators 360-degree situational awareness in low visibility, day or night, and at altitudes as little as 75 feet,” said Jennifer Caruso, Sikorsky Vp of Army and Air Force Programs. “As a brand new baseline capability for all... Read More »
A Russian military delegation about to go to Brazil will offer joint development of a fifth-generation combat aircraft “of the type” of its own most newest fighter to Brazilian defense officials, a member of the delegation told RIA Novosti Monday. The proposal seems to be in support of an unsolicited offer by Russia’s combat aircraft maker Sukhoi of its Su-35 fighter, that have been struck off Brazil’s shortlist for its air force’s F-X2 tender for the acquisition of 36 fighter jets worth $4 billion. Russia continues to be hoping to sell the Su-35s or similar aircraft to Brazil outside the... Read More »