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U.S. Navy shapes UCLASS acquisition strategy

Upcoming shore-based and carrier tests will help the Navy determine its acquisition strategy for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System (UCLASS), a large, carrier-based, next-generation drone likely to have a large wingspan and high-tech sensors engineered to gather and send back images and data, service officials said.

  
 

 

 
 
BAE's superdrone Taranis to be tested at Woomera
• BAE's superdrone Taranis to be tested at Woomera
— The most secretive piece of airspace in Australia - the RAAF-run Woomera flight test range in S....>>
 
Bell unveils V-280 Valor
• Bell unveils V-280 Valor
— Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, revealed today the Bell V-280 Valor, its offering for ....>>
 
This is the concept fighter Boeing wants to make real by 2030
• This is the concept fighter Boeing wants to make real by 2030
— The F-22 Raptor is what's called a fifth-generation fighter, making it the most advanced combat....>>
 
First B-2 surpasses 7,000 flight hours
• First B-2 surpasses 7,000 flight hours
— Since the first B-2 Spirit arrived here in July 1996, its stealthiness and massive firepower ha....>>
 
Government, Dassault at loggerheads over HAL role in combat Aircraft deal

• Government, Dassault at loggerheads over HAL role in combat Aircraft deal

 
 
China Claims Innovation in J-20 Weapons Bay Design • China Claims Innovation in J-20 Weapons Bay Design  
 
USAF F-22 resumes normal flight operations
• USAF F-22 resumes normal flight operations
— The F-22 Raptor has resumed normal flight operations after modifications to aircrew life-suppor....>>
 
South Korea Plans Phased-Development, Typhoon-Size Fighter
• South Korea Plans Phased-Development, Typhoon-Size Fighter
— In all of the West, only one all-new fighter, the Lockheed Martin F-35, is in full-scale develo....>>
 
Military helicopter production to decline
• Military helicopter production to decline
— Production of medium/heavy-lift military helicopters will continue its growth into this year an....>>
 
Saab Says Gripen Export Chances Rise as F-35 Buyers Review Plans
• Saab Says Gripen Export Chances Rise as F-35 Buyers Review Plans
— Saab AB (SAABB) says sales prospects for its Gripen fighter are improving as country’s such as ....>>
 
  XAIRFORCES NEWS ARCHIVES: News & Headlines
• Saab integrates surveillance system for Piaggio Aero Industries (12/27/2012)
• Russia’s 5th Generation T-50 Fighter Jet to Start State Tests in March (12/23/2012)
• Russian Military to Get 30 More Su-30SM Fighter Jets (12/19/2012)
• And Then There Were Four T-50s In The Air (12/18/2012)
• U.S. Air Force approves start of F-35 pilot training (12/17/2012)
• For Lockheed's F-16 fighter, still buyers after all these years (12/16/2012)
• There are no cheap alternatives to the F-35s for Canada (12/13/2012)
• Lockheed Said Close to Pentagon Backing for 29 F-35 Jets (12/6/2012)
• The U.S. Navy’s X-47B UCAS-D Ships Out (12/6/2012)
• China’s Shenyang J-15 Flanker Fighter Goes To Sea; New Versions Planned (11/30/2012)
• F-16 Aircraft Depot-Level MRO : S.A.B.C.A. (Charleroi Belgium) delivers its 1200th F-16. (10/26/2012)
• F-35A Drops Guided Weapons over China Lake (10/17/2012)
• Components of the first Tranche 3 Typhoon have been loaded (10/5/2012)
• Operational Firing of an Exocet Missile from a Rafale M (9/27/2012)
• A new Chinese J-31 “Gyrfalcon” Stealth Fighter Design Unveiled at the Shenyang Aircraft Corp. (9/16/2012)
• Rheinmetall Airborne Systems Unveils Hybrid UAV Design at ILA (9/6/2012)
• Sukhoi T-50 Moves to Radar, In-flight Refueling Tests (8/31/2012)
• Sukhoi Begins Testing Onboard Radar System for T-50 Aircraft (8/13/2012)
• More Than 2500 Sukhoi-family Combat Aircraft Were Exported (8/13/2012)
• F-35 Completes First Airborne Weapons Separation (8/12/2012)
 
• Saab integrates surveillance system for Piaggio Aero Industries (12/27/2012)
• Russia’s 5th Generation T-50 Fighter Jet to Start State Tests in March (12/23/2012)
• Russian Military to Get 30 More Su-30SM Fighter Jets (12/19/2012)
• And Then There Were Four T-50s In The Air (12/18/2012)
• U.S. Air Force approves start of F-35 pilot training (12/17/2012)
• For Lockheed's F-16 fighter, still buyers after all these years (12/16/2012)
• There are no cheap alternatives to the F-35s for Canada (12/13/2012)
• Lockheed Said Close to Pentagon Backing for 29 F-35 Jets (12/6/2012)
• The U.S. Navy’s X-47B UCAS-D Ships Out (12/6/2012)
• China’s Shenyang J-15 Flanker Fighter Goes To Sea; New Versions Planned (11/30/2012)
• F-16 Aircraft Depot-Level MRO : S.A.B.C.A. (Charleroi Belgium) delivers its 1200th F-16. (10/26/2012)
• F-35A Drops Guided Weapons over China Lake (10/17/2012)
• Components of the first Tranche 3 Typhoon have been loaded (10/5/2012)
• Operational Firing of an Exocet Missile from a Rafale M (9/27/2012)
• A new Chinese J-31 “Gyrfalcon” Stealth Fighter Design Unveiled at the Shenyang Aircraft Corp. (9/16/2012)
• Rheinmetall Airborne Systems Unveils Hybrid UAV Design at ILA (9/6/2012)
• Sukhoi T-50 Moves to Radar, In-flight Refueling Tests (8/31/2012)
• Sukhoi Begins Testing Onboard Radar System for T-50 Aircraft (8/13/2012)
• More Than 2500 Sukhoi-family Combat Aircraft Were Exported (8/13/2012)
• F-35 Completes First Airborne Weapons Separation (8/12/2012)
 
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• Military helicopter production to decline
(3/28/2013)
Production of medium/heavy-lift military helicopters will continue its growth into this year and then decline, a U.S. study says....>>

• Saab Says Gripen Export Chances Rise as F-35 Buyers Review Plans
(3/20/2013)
Saab AB (SAABB) says sales prospects for its Gripen fighter are improving as country’s such as Denmark and Canada reconsider buying the Lockheed Martin (LMT) Corp. F-35 Joint Strik...>>

• First F-35As Report to Nellis AFB for Operational Testing
(3/19/2013)
Three Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft were officially welcomed by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev...>>

• F-35B Arrives at Edwards for Missions Systems Testing
(3/17/2013)
The F-35 Integrated Test Force expanded their aircraft inventory March 5 with the arrival of BF-17, which is the short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 Ligh...>>

• Tranche 3 Typhoon goes on test
(3/16/2013)
Assembly of the first Tranche 3 Typhoon, destined for delivery to the Royal Air Force, has now been completed together with initial testing....>>

• GD takes on F-18 advanced computer work
(3/16/2013)
Company will deliver mission computers under a $19.3M contract. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has won a $19.3 million contract with the U.S. Navy to provide the F/A...>>

• First Kongsberg Joint Strike Missile (JSM) fitted on the F-35
(3/12/2013)
Development of the new Joint Strike Missile (JSM, the air launched variant of the NSM - Naval Strike Missile) is progressing, and 27 February an important milestone was passed when...>>

• Northrop Grumman to Produce More MQ-8 Fire Scouts rotary UAV for U.S. Navy
(3/12/2013)
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a contract valued at more than $71 million to produce six additional next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopte...>>

• Tranche 1 Typhoon fleet is upgraded
(3/11/2013)
The fleet receives Drop 2 upgrade. The installation of the update to the whole Tranche 1 Typhoon fleet has been agreed following the successful delivery and assessment of Drop 2....>>

  



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