AV-8 T-Up Program Ends
On Aug. 30, 2001, TAV-8B BUNO 163196 was inducted at Fleet Readiness Center East for the first T-Up modification. The TAV-8B’s were originally built in…
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First Airbus Military A330 MRTT for Royal Saudi Air Force makes maiden flight
The first Airbus Military A330 MRTT for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) has successfully completed its maiden flight lasting 4hr 15min. The crew reported…
Northrop Grumman Completes Structural Proof Testing of Second X-47B Aircraft
Tests Prove That Tailless, Unmanned Jet Can Operate Safely in All Planned Flight Test Environments The U.S. Navy’s second X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS)…
Bell Helicopter AH-1Z Earns Navy Initial Operating Capability designation ahead of schedule
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that the U.S. Marine Corps’ newest attack helicopter, the AH-1Z Cobra, achieved Initial Operating Capability…
BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation Sign MOU to develop UAS proposal
BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate exclusively on the preparation and submission of a joint proposal to…
Enstrom Helicopter Corp. Begins Royal Thai Army Aircraft Production
Enstrom Helicopter Corporation would like to announce that the first three, of a contracted sixteen, 480B advanced turbine training helicopters for the Royal Thai Army…
Lockheed Martin-Built Trident II D5 Missile Achieves 135th Consecutive Successful Test Flight
Missile Launched in Navy Test in the Pacific Continues Reliability Record SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 10th, 2011 — The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test flight…
BAE Systems Awarded Contract For P-8a Mission Computer Systems
BAE Systems received a Low Rate Initial Production contract from Boeing to provide mission computer systems for six P-8A Poseidon aircraft. BAE Systems’ mission computer…
New Head of A400M Programme appointed as industrial go-ahead reached
Airbus Military has given the green light to the industrial launch of the A400M airlifter and approved the start of series production. This follows a…
Northrop Grumman Flight-Tests Guardian(TM) Anti-Missile System on a 190th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Aircraft
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), in partnership with the Air National Guard’s 190th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), today announced the completion of the first round of…
P-3 trainer completes final fleet evaluation
The P-3 Aircrew Tactical Team Trainer (PACT 3) completed its fleet evaluation at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 6. The event, referred to…
Navy’s first stealth breaks sound barrier for the first time
The first F-35C test aircraft (CF-1) flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time over a test range near the Navy and…
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