Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH has announced the maiden flight of its DART-550 aerobatic trainer.
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B-1B successfully test-fired pair of LRASMs
A U.S. Air Force B-1B from Dyess Air Force Base has successfully test-fired a pair of production representative Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM).
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Philippines to equip frigates with Sea Giraffe AMB radars
Two Philippine Navy frigates will be equipped with Saab’s Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar system, the company announced on May 21.
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NASA says Boeing depended ‘almost entirely’ on Navy to fix physiological episodes
NASA’s review into the unexplained physiological episodes occurring on the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 and EA-18G fleet concluded that Boeing depended ‘almost entirely’ on the sailing branch to fix the issues.
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ESSM Block 2 enters LRIP
The U.S. Navy has given Raytheon a $77 million contract to Raytheon “for the engineering, test equipment, material and management necessary to transition Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 engineering, manufacturing and development into low-rate manufacturing, fabricating and production of ESSM Block 2 missiles.”
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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