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Military Aviation News May 23, 2013

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….

Military Aviation News May 23, 2013

Obama limits use of U.S. drone strikes, offers steps to close Guantanamo

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a “boundless global war on terror,” restricting deadly U.S. drone strikes abroad…

Military Aviation News May 9, 2013

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…

Civilian aviation news May 3, 2013

Solar Airplane Starts Journey Across US

WASHINGTON, May 3 – The first airplane that can fly both day and night powered exclusively by the sun’s rays took off from California on…

Military Aviation News April 15, 2013

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…

Military Aviation News April 11, 2013

Rockwell Collins part of team providing aircraft, training and support for U.S. Air Force Light Air Support Mission

Rockwell Collins will provide navigation and communication equipment for A-29 Super Tucano aircraft Rockwell Collins today announced that it is part of the supplier network…

Military Aviation News April 9, 2013

Boeing Delivers FAB-T Test Units to US Air Force

Wideband communications terminals to undergo laboratory and airborne evaluations HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., April 9, 2013 – The Boeing [NYSE: BA] Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight…

Military Aviation News April 8, 2013

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…

Civilian aviation news April 8, 2013

JetBlue Airways will get first U.S.-made Airbus jet

JetBlue Airways Corp Chief Executive Dave Barger said on Tuesday that his airline will receive the first U.S.-assembled Airbus jet, which will roll off the…

Military Aviation News April 2, 2013

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…

Military Aviation News March 28, 2013

US B-2 bombers conduct extended deterrence mission to South Korea

3/28/2013 – YONGSAN GARRISON, Seoul (AFNS) — U.S. Strategic Command officials sent two B-2 Spirit bombers for a long-duration, round-trip training mission from Whiteman Air…

Space News March 23, 2013

Russia Extends Space Cooperation With US

MOSCOW, March 23 (RIA Novosti) – Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree set to extend the U.S.-Russia agreement on cooperation in the use and…

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