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NASA says Boeing depended ‘almost entirely’ on Navy to fix physiological episodes

Posted on May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 by alert5

NASA’s review into the unexplained physiological episodes occurring on the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 and EA-18G fleet concluded that Boeing depended ‘almost entirely’ on the sailing branch to fix the issues.

By DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Pittman, U.S. Navy. (Released) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Memorial for Capt. Jeff Kuss is nearing completion

Posted on May 21, 2018May 20, 2018 by alert5

A memorial dedicated to the late Blue Angels pilot Capt. Jeff Kuss is nearing completion in the town of Smyrna, Tennessee.

160603-N-SF184-001 WASHINGTON (June 3, 2016) File photo of Captain Jeff Kuss, U.S. Marine Corps. Capt. Kuss died during a practice flight, when the F/A-18C Hornet he was piloting crashed approximately two miles from the runway at the Smyrna, Tenn., Airport, June 2, 2016. (U.S. Navy Photo/Released) — 160603-N-SF184-001
WASHINGTON (June 3, 2016) File photo of Captain Jeff Kuss, U.S. Marine Corps. Capt. Kuss died during a practice flight, when the F/A-18C Hornet he was piloting crashed approximately two miles from the runway at the Smyrna, Tenn., Airport, June 2, 2016. (U.S. Navy Photo/Released)

ESSM Block 2 enters LRIP

Posted on May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has given Raytheon a $77 million contract to Raytheon “for the engineering, test equipment, material and management necessary to transition Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 engineering, manufacturing and development into low-rate manufacturing, fabricating and production of ESSM Block 2 missiles.”

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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