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U.S. Navy’s Fire Scout Grounding Highlights UAS Losses

U.S. Navy’s Fire Scout Grounding Highlights UAS Losses
The U.S. Navy grounded its fleet of 14 Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopters following the recent crash of an aircraft in Afghanistan and a ditching at sea. The Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) said it is reviewing Fire Scout system performance and operational procedures.
 
CAE Concludes Fiscal Year 2012 with More Than C$950 Million of Military Orders

• CAE Concludes Fiscal Year 2012 with More Than C$950 Million of Military Orders
(4/17/2012)
— CAE has ended fiscal year 2012 (April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012) with more than C$950 million of military orde....>>
 
Pakistan Successfully Test Fires Upgraded Missile

• Pakistan Successfully Test Fires Upgraded Missile
(4/26/2012)
— Pakistan's military said it successfully test-fired an upgraded Shaheen-1 missile Wednesday. The Shaheen-1 is ....>>
 
Memories fly these planes‎ (Mikoyan Gurevich MIG-15 and Douglas F3D Skyknight Black Widow aircrafts)

• Memories fly these planes‎ (Mikoyan Gurevich MIG-15 and Douglas F3D Skyknight Black Widow aircrafts)
(4/24/2012)
— A trio of planes from the Intrepid in Manhattan are waiting on a barge here before embarking on a final voyage....>>
 
 
DoD Awards $237M Order for Trident SLBM Work • DoD Awards $237M Order for Trident SLBM Work
(4/27/2012)
— Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $236,700,323 firm-fixed-priced, fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-fixed-f....>> 		 
• US deployed F-22s to the United Arab Emirates
(4/27/2012)
As tensions between Tehran, Washington and Tel Aviv continue to mount over Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons technologies, the U.S. has quietly begun a deployment of its premier st...>>

• Northrop Grumman to upgrade Fire Scout for US Navy with Bell 407 airframe
(4/26/2012)
The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) to produce the next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopter using the Bell 407 airframe. The new variant provides greater r...>>

• UPDATE 1-Lockheed F-35 workers ready for long strike, union says
(4/24/2012)
* Union says "prepared to endure"
* Lockheed says operations to continue.
* Dispute focused on pensions, health care benefits.

Unionized workers on strike against ...>>

• France to Upgrade 10 Rafale-Ms to Latest F3 Standard
(4/23/2012)
The first ten Rafale Marine fighters delivered to the French Navy in the early 2000s will be upgraded from their current F1 standard to the latest F3 standard, according to Christo...>>

• The US Navy Issues RFI for Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Successor
(4/19/2012)
The US Navy has issued a Request for Information (RfI) for a new fighter to replace the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler in the 2030s. ...>>

• F-35 training center begins formal training
(4/16/2012)
While celebrating each F-35 Lightning II arrival, the integrated joint strike fighter training team also recently opened the doors for the first Air Force certification courses on ...>>

• Russian Air Force to get supermaneuverable aircraft
(4/13/2012)
The Russian Air Force has started working on modernizing the domestic military aircraft fleet ahead of the completion of the fifth-generation jet fighter....>>

• Pentagon Updates F-35 Lightning II Cost Estimates, Schedule
(4/13/2012)
The latest Selected Acquisition Report on the Lockheed Martin F-35 program has updated the Pentagon’s cost estimates. The eight international partners may take some comfort from th...>>

• B-2 Bomber Flies 18.5-Hour Polar Test Mission
(4/4/2012)
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Completes First Ever 18.5-Hour Polar Test Mission to Validate High Speed Data Upgrade to Flight Management Software.

Under contract to the U.S. A...>>

• Sukhoi Fighters Marks 500th Su-35 Test Flight
(4/4/2012)
The 500th test flight was made on the Su-35 flight tests program....>>

 

Success of the 1,786th Launch of Soyuz

Success of the 1,786th Launch of Soyuz
The 1,786th flight of a Soyuz launch vehicle was performed on Friday, 20 April 2012 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 16:50 Moscow time (14:50 Paris time).
 
Latest Apache Block III Helicopter Controls Unmanned Aircraft

• Latest Apache Block III Helicopter Controls Unmanned Aircraft
(4/13/2012)
— U.S. Army AH-64D Block III helicopter crews exercised directional control of the MQ-1C Grey Eagle unmanned air....>>
 
Rare Junkers JU 52 Coming To Oshkosh For 2012 Show

• Rare Junkers JU 52 Coming To Oshkosh For 2012 Show
(4/23/2012)
— Aircraft Making Trans-Atlantic Journey For North American Tour. A rare Junkers JU 52 tri-motor will be a main ....>>
 
Damaged USAF C-17 move truly a joint effort

• Damaged USAF C-17 move truly a joint effort
(4/24/2012)
— When a C-17 Globemaster III, recently landed and overran the runway due to inclement weather, the landing gear....>>
 
 
Old World Strategies and New World Technologies • Old World Strategies and New World Technologies
(4/23/2012)
— Hybrid Threats: Old World Strategies and New World Technologies.....>> 		 



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