Eight Swedish Gripen fighters in Italy to help enforce the U.N. Resolution 1973 remains grounded at Sigonella airbase on Sicily as the base lacks Jet A1 fuel.
Month: April 2011
First combat test for Iron Dome
The Iron Dome counter-rocket defense system has saw combat for the first time by interpreting a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
Four U.S. decommissioned aircraft carriers to be broken up
The U.S. Navy will send USS Constellation, USS Forrestal, USS Independence and USS Saratoga to the shipyard to be broken up.
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NGC’s Relative Navigation system exceeded accuracy requirements for Automated Aerial Refueling
Northrop Grumman’s Relative Navigation system exceeded accuracy requirements during recent flight tests for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) program.
SLAMRAAMs intercept UAV, cruise missile targets
Raytheon’s SLAMRAAM (Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile) system successfully destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle target and intercepted a cruise missile target at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.