Aviation News
An Italian AV-8B Harrier needs to travel to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, for a scheduled preventative maintenance inspection (PMI). Instead of flying across the Altantic, the jet will hitch a ride aboard USS Iwo Jima.
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A senior executive from Raytheon says his company has set a goal to replace the Boeing Harpoon anti-ship missile in U.S. and international inventory with the Naval Strike Missile (NSM).
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A F/A-18F was forced to make an emergency landing at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport on Jul. 25 after its landing gear failed to retract after take off.
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Head of the Philippine Navy, Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad, told reporters that two AW159 naval helicopters will be delivered in March 2019.
Photo: PO(Phot) Si Ethell/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced on Jul. 23 that it has concluded performance testing of the arresting hook Hold Down Damper (HDD) for its proposed MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling aircraft for the U.S. Navy.
Graphic: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
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