Category: Industry
X-2 moves one step closer towards 1st flight
The Mitsubishi X-2 stealth demonstrator has progress to Vr stage whereby the aircraft accelerated to rotation speed and the pilot pulled the nose wheel off the ground. This occurred at Nagoya Airfield on Apr. 11.
Lockheed Martin to add terrain following radar on MC-130J
H/T to Milaerospace. Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $93.7 million contract modification on Apr. 8 to add a terrain following radar on the MC-130J.
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By Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK (MC-130 Hercules – RAF Mildenhall) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Jordan switched PC-9M order to PC-21
Jordan has decided to amend its order for nine PC-9M turboprop trainers and switch to buying eight PC-21s instead. The information was revealed by Swiss newspaper Neue Luzerner Zeitung.
By Peter Gronemann (Flickr: Pilatus PC-21) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Bad parts halted production of AGM-88E
Bad resistors from a subcontractor forced Orbital ATK to halt the production of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) for five-weeks.
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Photo: Orbital ATK
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