Aviation News
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is celebrating the 60th anniversary of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey. The website for this year will go online today and will be available in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese.
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The U.S. Navy, together with BAE Systems, has delivered 110 Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) units to Jordan for integration on Jordan’s CN-235 gunship program.
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A C295W from the Mexican Navy flew to Antarctica on Nov. 27. Landing at Argentinian Marambio Base, in the Seymour Island, the aircraft was the first C295 to ever visit Antarctica.
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The MQ-8C completed its three week operational assessment on Nov. 20 after flying 11 flights and clocking 83.4 flight hours in the process.
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It’s back to the drawing board for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as the research agency had to abandon a plan to use a F-15 to launch small satellites into space.
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