Month: April 2011

At the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space Exposition, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy told attendees that operating the X-47B on and off an aircraft carrier requires only a click on the mouse button.

Admiral Robert Willard, head of U.S. Pacific Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that China’s first aircraft carrier could begin sea trials as early as this summer.
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The Australian military says six F-15SGs from Singapore are in RAAF Base Tindal for an exercise.

Northrop Grumman’s MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle achieved a new single-day flight record of 18 hours on Feb. 25.