The USAF hopes to evaluate the Visionix Scorpion helmet-mounted cueing system (HMCS) for the F-22 later this year.
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The USAF hopes to evaluate the Visionix Scorpion helmet-mounted cueing system (HMCS) for the F-22 later this year.
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Raytheon has tested its company-funded dual-band datalink with a Thales Nederland Advanced Phased Array Radar (APAR). This will open up the potential to employ the full range of missiles within the Standard Missile family on more European ships.
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A VAQ-129 EA-6B with three on board went down in an unpopulated area approximately 50 miles west of Spokane, Washington on Mar. 11. All three did not survive the crash.
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The first of six KC-130R for the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force has started its regeneration at Hill Air Force Base and work will complete in fall of 2013.
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Italy’s Tornado fighters will be upgraded to carry the Anti Radiation-Guided- Missile (AARGM) and the Small-Diameter-Bomb (SDB) under MET Contract Annex 27.
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