Aviation News
A Japanese team lead by Hideo Jinpu, parliamentary secretary for the ministry of defense, have arrived in MCAS New River to start a probe on the safety of the V-22.
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At the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) in Las Vegas last week, most speakers from the U.S. military dwell on two topics, better data links and more autonomy for drones.
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A new Air Force One and Marine One will be inducted into service after 2020. Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition Frank Kendall has signed an “acquisition decision” memo to kick start the process.
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F-35B test aircraft BF-3 has completed the first airborne weapons separation test for the JSF program. Flown by Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan Levin, BF-3 executed an inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) separation weapon over water in an Atlantic test range .
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