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September 12, 2024 RTX Awarded $1.19B AMRAAM Contract – The Largest AMRAAM Award To-Date Weapons
September 12, 2024 New M-346 Jet For The Frecce Tricolori Display Team Breaks Cover Italian Air Force
September 12, 2024 New AIM-120D AMRAAM Variant Will Be ‘Complementary’ to the Secretive AIM-260 JATM – Raytheon Exec Weapons
September 11, 2024 China’s J-20A Prototype Captured in First Clear Image with WS-15 Engine China
September 11, 2024 VX-9 F/A-18F Spotted With Heavy Air-to-Air Load of AIM-174s and AIM-120s Military Aviation

Israel Prepares To Launch Giant Missile And Aircraft Detection Blimp Dubbed “Sky Dew”

November 4, 2021 David Cenciotti

The giant “Sky Dew” aerostat carries sensors that can identify incoming long-range missiles and aircraft. On Nov. 3, 2021, the Israeli Air Force announced it is about to deploy its balloon-mounted radar system with advanced […]

Israeli spy blimp crashes near Gaza

May 6, 2012 David Cenciotti

An Israel Defence Forces observation airship crashed on May. 4, on the Israeli side of the Gaza border. The spy blimp was performing a routine surveillance deployment in the Gaza sector when a civilian crop […]