Friday, July 6, 2012

Czech army's CASA planes fail anti-missile tests

The Czech army said Tuesday anti-missile systems for its four CASA C-295M military transport aircraft had failed testing and would require repairs before being deployed in missions abroad.
"The (DAS anti-missile protection) system has failed and requires adjustments," chief-of-staff spokeswoman Jana Ruzickova said, adding it failed to work in "seven out of 17 areas tested".
The defence ministry was in talks with the Spanish producer on a repair, she said.
"These are not system faults, but defects must be removed to make the system fully functional," she said, adding the trouble prevented the deployment of the aircraft abroad.

Read More........ 

No comments:

Post a Comment