Aviation News
The British government will inform parliament tomorrow of its decision to switch back to the F-35B and abandon plans to convert an aircraft carrier to a conventional one.
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A Japanese H-IIA rocket will launch South Korea’s Arirang 3 satellite into orbit on May 18. The Arirang 3 has a camera with a resolution of 0.7 meters.
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Lockheed Martin has completed Canada’s order of 17 CC-130J Super Hercules with the last delivered on May 8.
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Vice Adm. David Venlet told three members of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s air-land panel that current problems with the F-35 is not something engineering cannot fix.
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The KC-46 Tanker program has completed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) with the U.S. Air Force and is cleared for detail design.
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