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Aug- 2021 -27 August
US Navy’s Extended-Range AARGM to Enter Production
The US Navy approved the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) for production after being cleared by the Milestone C review.
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26 August
German Military Orders $24.7M Surveillance Balloon to Protect Niger Base
The German military has ordered a $24.7 million Rheinmetall-made tethered balloon-based area reconnaissance system to help protect a forward operating base in Niger.
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26 August
USAF Tests 2,000-Pound Dialable Effects Munition
The US Air Force Research Laboratory has demonstrated the customized detonation of an aircraft-launched munition.
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26 August
USAF Remotely Retargets Cargo Aircraft-Launched Missiles
The US Air Force has demonstrated its air-to-surface standoff missile-equipped Palletized Weapon System by remotely retargeting simulated missiles aboard a cargo aircraft.
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25 August
China to Build Mach 30 Wind Tunnel by 2022
China said it will build the world’s fastest hypervelocity wind tunnel by 2022, which will simulate flying conditions at about 30 Mach.
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25 August
Images Suggest Ethiopia Using Iranian Drones in Civil War
Citing images shared on the internet, several media outlets have reported that Ethiopia is using Iranian-made Mohajer-6 combat drones as it fights a civil war.
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25 August
French MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 Drone Executes First Airstrike
France announced that one of its MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 drones successfully executed its first airstrike in an "operational setting."
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24 August
MBDA to Invest in Indian Missile Development Unit
Bharat Dynamics Limited has signed an agreement with MBDA to assemble, integrate, and test the Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile in India.
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24 August
Pakistan, Turkey to Co-Produce Anka Combat Drones
Turkish Aerospace Industries signed a contract with Pakistan’s National Engineering and Science Commission to jointly produce Anka military drones.
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24 August
US Army Conducts Maiden Live-Fire Test of Iron Dome
The US Army recently test-fired one of two Iron Dome Defense System-Army batteries acquired in the last two years.
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