Month: February 2024

[ad_1] A U.S. Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie, highly autonomous, low-cost tactical unmanned air vehicle, conducts its first test flight with a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to 96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Tristan McIntire) Lessons learned from current …

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[ad_1] Front view of the F-35C sitting on the EOTS after the nose landing gear collapse. (Photo: Reader’s submission) Take a look at these new shots showing the U.S. Marine Corps F-35C of VMFA-311 that ended resting on its EOTS at NAS Fallon, Nevada, after its nose gear collapsed. As already reported, a U.S. Marine …

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[ad_1] The first EA-37B ahead of the delivery in 2023. (Photo: BAE Systems) The contract covers the installation of the Compass Call Baseline 4 suite on the remaining four aircraft of the new EA-37B fleet. BAE Systems has been contracted to provide the mission system for the last four of the ten EA-37B being acquired …

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[ad_1] A close-up of the nose of the aircraft resting on the EOTS. (Photo: Reader’s submission) The pilot was climbing out of the F-35C when the nose landing gear began retracting. A U.S. Marine Corps F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 311 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, has suffered …

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[ad_1] A rendering of a notional crewed Next-Generation Air Dominance aircraft. (Photo: U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory) NGAP Prototype, referred to as XA103 engine, meant for the Next Generation Air Dominance program, is expected to start ground testing in the late 2020s. Pratt & Whitney completed a key design review of its Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion …

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[ad_1] TTwo MQ-9A Reaper remotely piloted aircraft operated by the 3rd Special Operations Squadron undergo pre-flight checks before an experimental multi-aircraft control flight for the Adaptive Airborne Enterprise (A2E) at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Dec. 6, 2023. (This photo has been edited for security purposes by blurring out aircraft information) The test is part …

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[ad_1] The MQ-20 Avenger releasing the Advanced Air-Launched Effects platform from its internal weapons bay. (Photo: GA-ASI) The new A2LE was developed in partnership with Divergent Technologies in a controlled, low-risk approach. General Atomics announced the successful inflight release of its new Advanced Air-Launched Effects (A2LE) platform from the internal weapons bay of a MQ-20 …

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[ad_1] File photo of a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jaelyn Twing The U.S. Marine Corps has confirmed five U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing were killed …

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[ad_1] The Sikorski Raider X prototype. (Photo: Sikorski/Lockheed Martin) Along with FARA, the U.S. Army will also terminate the UH-60V program, postpone the Improved Turbine Engine Program production and retire legacy UAS. The U.S. Army has unexpectedly announced the cancellation of the Future Vertical Lift’s Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft Program, in an abrupt change of …

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[ad_1] The new $114 million Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) contract confirms the renovated focus on aircraft survivability against novel advanced threats. BAE Systems has been awarded a $114 million Foreign Military Sale by the U.S. Army for AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) to be installed on allies’ existing fleets and newly acquired aircraft, …

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