NAVAIR has signed a direct contract with Northrop Grumman Corporation to provide mission computers for UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters.
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Category: Marines
USMC Brigadier: Full-motion video is as alluring as pornography
Speaking at the TechNet Land Forces conference in Tucson, Arizona, the former commander of the 13 Marine Expeditionary Unit warned that U.S. military commanders are slowly being addicted to the full-motion video provided by ISR platforms and moving towards centralized decision-making and just-in-time decisions.
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Final AH-1W flight for HMLA-267
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 conducted it’s final flight of their last AH-1W Super Cobra at Marine Corps Air Station 39, Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 23.
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Flying the V-22
Former USAF Weapons School instructor and tiltrotor pilot, Mike McKinney, gives an account on what its like to fly the V-22.
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Mechanical failure, pilot error behind UH-1Y crash
A UH-1Y crashed in July 2011 after its drive train was destroyed by debris and the pilot’s wrong response to loss of tail rotor thrust.
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