Aviation News
The fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization bill has included language directing the U.S. Navy to prepare aircraft carrier USS George Washington to operate the MQ-25 during its four-year midlife refueling and overhaul in Virginia.
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The U.S. Navy wants to follow in the Air Force’s footsteps and invest in a program to obtain a hard kill missile interceptor to protect its airborne platforms.
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AeroVironment has delivered its Puma Unmanned Aircraft System with Mantis i45 sensor to the German Navy.
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The U.S. Navy will activate a new unit for the development and testing of unmanned air vehicles this October.
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Vietnam is urging China to withdraw military equipment from the South China Sea, following news reports that Beijing has placed missiles on three of its artificial islands in the Spratly archipelago.
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