P-8A Poseidon fires Harpoon, hits mark
After approximately six minutes of flight time, one of NAVAIR’s test aircraft successfully launched a Harpoon missile during a live fire event June 24 in…
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U.S. Navy VFA-154 ‘Black Knights’ Conducts Airborne Change of Command
USS NIMITZ, At Sea (NNS) — The “Black Knights” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154 conducted an airborne change of command ceremony in the skies…
Rockwell Collins RTK SAASM and autopilot pivotal in ship-based recovery of U.S. Navy RQ-21A UAS
The Rockwell Collins Athena® 111m Flight Control System and Real Time Kinematic (RTK) Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) technology solution for secure GPS receivers recently enabled…
First Lockheed Martin F-35C Reports to the U.S. Navy
FORT WORTH, Texas, June 24, 2013 – The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35C Lightning II Navy carrier variant (CV) aircraft, CF-6, arrived at Strike…
Boeing Receives Additional Aircraft Support Contract from US Navy
Company to continue maintaining RTCASS automated test The U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force Special Operations use RTCASS – which Boeing also manufactures –…
Final Section of Giant Aircraft Carrier Rolls Out Onto the Clyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom: The BAE Systems built Aft Island of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier was today loaded onto a sea-going barge ahead of…
Navy Triton Unmanned Aircraft System completes first flight
The Navy’s newest unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft platform, the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), completed its first flight from Palmdale, Calif….
India to commission its first supersonic naval fighter squadron
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday will commission its first-ever squadron of naval supersonic fighters, the MiG-29K “air superiority” jets, which will eventually operate from the…
Rolls-Royce awarded $35 million contract to repair US Navy T56 engines
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a $35 million contract extension for repair and overhaul of T56 engines on US Navy aircraft. The services contract covers depot-level…
E-6 Mercury fleet expands, upgrades bandwidth capabilities
An internet bandwidth upgrade being rolled out on the E-6B Mercury aircraft, the nation’s airborne strategic command platform, is expanding the jet’s capability to support…
U.S. Navy Calls on BAE Systems to Provide Critical Mine Detection Sensor Prototype
Protecting sailors and U.S. Marines from prolific threats is a 24-7 need BAE Systems has been awarded a $20 million contract to develop an advanced…
Boeing Delivers 7th Production P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to US Navy
SEATTLE, April 2, 2013 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] handed over the seventh production P-8A Poseidon to the U.S. Navy on schedule March 29, marking the…
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