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French navy carrier air group conducts exercise in Cyprus

Posted on March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 by alert5

The French Navy is conducting an air exercise over parts of Cyprus this week.

Pascal Subtil [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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EASR to begin live testing at Wallops Island Test Facility

Posted on March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 by alert5

Raytheon’s Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) is now sitting on top of a 100 foot test tower at the Surface Combat Systems Center at Wallops Island, Virginia. It will undergo system-level testing for the rest of this year.

The Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar, or EASR, is the U.S. Navy’s next generation radar for aircraft carriers and amphibious warfare ships, providing simultaneous anti-air and anti-surface warfare, electronic protection and air traffic control capabilities.

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Meteor and SPEAR integration onto F-35B has started

Posted on March 19, 2019 by alert5

BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and MBDA have started to integrate the Meteor air-to-air missile and SPEAR air-to-surface missile on the F-35B.

Credit: BAE Systems
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Philippine expanding Naval Air Group into Air Wing

Posted on March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 by alert5

The Philippine Navy has decided to expand its Naval Air Group into an Air Wing. This is to meet increasing demand for maritime surveillance.

Photo: Philippine Navy
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EA-18G made emergency landing at Grant County due to hypoxia issue

Posted on March 19, 2019 by alert5

A EA-18G was forced to make an emergency landing at Grant County International Airport on Mar. 14 after one of the crew members suffered from symptoms of hypoxia.

U.S. Navy EA-18G Growlers from VAQ-140, Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, fly alongside an E-8C Joint STARS during Valiant Shield 18 out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 17, 2018. Valiant Shield 18 is a biennial, U.S.-only, field training exercise with a focus on integration of joint training among U.S. forces in relation to current operational plans. This training enables real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land, and in cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. Team JSTARS, consisting of the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Wing (ACW), active duty personnel assigned to the 461st ACW and Army JSTARS, provides a unique, manned, joint airborne command control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability to combatant commanders worldwide. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Roger Parsons)

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