Aviation News
In a pre-solicitation notice posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website, the U.S. Air Force said it will integrate the Northrop Grumman AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening targeting and designation pod onto the MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle.
By Hunini (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The U.S. Navy has given Raytheon a $20.9 million contract to maintain and operate the AN/TPS-71 Relocatable Over-The-Horizon Radar (ROTHR) for one year with options for four one-year periods.
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The Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM) is undergoing testing at Redstone Test Center and so far the testing of the guidance section has been completed.
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Photo: Redstone Test Center
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Lockheed Martin uploaded an ad on Apr. 11 showcasing its high energy laser weapons capabilities. One of the segments show a Super Hornet in a dogfight with a J-20. The Chinese fighter launched a short-range dogfight missile at the pursuing F/A-18 and the weapon was defeated by a laser pod mounted under the wing of the fighter.
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A photo from Arnold Engineering Development Complex showing the separation testing of the AIM-132 ASRAAM missile from the weapons bay of a F-35 model in the facility’s 4-foot transonic aerodynamic wind tunnel back in 2008.
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Photo: USAF