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Military Aviation News, Space News June 19, 2012

US Air Force X-37B space vehicle comes in for a landing

18/6/2012 – WASHNGTON (AFNS) — The Air Force’s unmanned, reusable space plane landed in the early morning of June 16 at Vandenberg Air Force Base,…

Military Aviation News June 18, 2012

First night takeoff for the F-35C

Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Matt Taylor ascends in F-35C test aircraft CF-2 June 13. The flight was the first night takeoff for the…

Military Aviation News, Space News June 18, 2012

Boeing Completes 5th GPS IIF Satellite for US Air Force

Spacecraft on standby for launch New capabilities critical to sustaining GPS constellation The Boeing Company has completed the fifth of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS)…

Military Aviation News June 18, 2012

Airbus launches enhanced Customer Support Network in India

Full local support for growing Airbus fleet and customer base in the region Airbus has launched an enhanced Customer Support Network in India which combines…

Military Aviation News June 18, 2012

Airbus Military demonstrates the Loading of Helicopters onto an A400M

Airbus Military has successfully demonstrated the loading of NH Industries NH90 and Eurocopter EC725 helicopters onto the A400M new generation airlifter. In a series of…

Military Aviation News June 15, 2012

Norway placed firm order for two F-35s

Norway formally ordered two aircraft and expects to order another 50 for a total procurement cost of $10 billion. Norwegian Defence Minister Espen Barth Eide…

Military Aviation News June 15, 2012

Touchdown! Another C-5 Inducted To Become Super

MARIETTA, Ga., June 14, 2012 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] inducted the second C-5B Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., to become a C-5M…

Military Aviation News June 14, 2012

Second X-47B UCAS-D arrives at NAS Patuxent River

It was not an ordinary morning at Pax River when a large flatbed truck hauling the fighter-sized X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) entered…

Military Aviation News June 14, 2012

Northrop Grumman Unveils U.S. Navy’s First MQ-4C BAMS Unmanned Aircraft

Triton Unmanned Aircraft to Bring Persistent Surveillance to the Maritime Patrol Force Northrop Grumman Corporation unveiled the first U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime…

Military Aviation News June 14, 2012

U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman Complete X-47B Flight Testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Move Second Unmanned Aircraft to East Coast

The first major phase of flight testing the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft came to a successful conclusion on May 15 when…

Military Aviation News June 14, 2012

Putin Calls for New Long-Range Bomber and UAVs

Russia must start development of a long-range bomber aircraft, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday at a meeting on defense orders. “We have to develop…

Military Aviation News June 14, 2012

Lift-Off For 20th Dyess C-130J Hercules

MARIETTA, Ga., June 13, 2012 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered its 20th C-130J Super Hercules to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, yesterday. By 2013,…

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