Aviation News
The U.S. Navy has awarded AAI, CSC and Insitu contracts to replace the ScanEagle UAV. The three companies will compete to provide the Navy with UAV ISR services till 2017.
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Britain may be forced to abandon plans to buy the F-35C as it does not have sufficient funds to convert the HMS Prince of Wales with catapults and arresting gear.
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A retired AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter belonging to the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation crashed near the Coolidge Airport Thursday while filming for a South Korea crew. Picture of the wreckage is in the source.
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The U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio has awarded Boeing a $31.7 million full-rate production contract to supply the 111 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS) for the Navy, Pakistan, Belgium, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, and Finland.
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Holloman Air Force Base carried out a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise which saw the base launch a record 15 F-22s.
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