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Pentagon’s weapons tester faults EMALS and AAG

Posted on January 10, 2021January 10, 2021 by alert5

The Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) latest assessment of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) installed on USS Gerald R. Ford remains pessimistic, Bloomberg reports.

Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) air department, prepare an F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the “Gladiators” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106, to launch off Ford’s flight deck during flight operations March 29, 2020. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Seelbach)

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P-8A to get self-protection pod against RF missiles

Posted on January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 by alert5

BAE Systems has been awarded a $4 million contract to demonstrate a quick-turnaround demonstration of a new radio frequency countermeasure (RFCM) system for the P-8A.

Image: BAE Systems
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HMS Queen Elizabeth reaches IOC

Posted on January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 by alert5

The British government has declared that its aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has achieved Initial Operating Capability (IOC).

U.S. Navy Photograph by Liz Wolter [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Final design of South Korea’s light aircraft carrier

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 by alert5

South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo daily newspaper has obtained a computer rendering of the final design of the light aircraft carrier that Seoul plans to build.

Graphic: RoKN