Northrop Grumman announced on May 8 that the testing of Leonardo’s AN/ZPY-8 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar on the MQ-8C has started.
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Category: Navy
ScanEagles delivered to Malaysia
The United States has delivered six ScanEagles unmanned air vehicles to the Royal Malaysian Navy in Kota Kinabalu on May 6.
Search and Rescue configured Hermes 900 delivered to South East Asian customer
Elbit says its Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicle configured for maritime Search and Rescue (SaR) missions has been delivered to a South East Asian customer.
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USN to test space-based solar power on next X-37B mission
Space-based solar power (SBSP), a concept of collecting solar power in space and beaming it back to Earth using microwaves, will be tested for the first time aboard X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-6) mission.
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USN requests Sidekick internal weapons rack for F-35C to carry 6 AIM-120s
The Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2021 Unfunded Priorities List has put in a request to equip low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 15 F-35C fighters with the Sidekick internal weapons rack.
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