France has qualified Safran’s AASM 1000 smart munition for use on the Rafale F4 standard fighter. It will be use by the French Air Force and Navy. The Direction générale de l’armement (DGA) says qualification on the Rafale F4.1 will being this month.
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USN to replace T-44C with T-54A
Textron Aviation has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to develop the T-54A multi-engine training system (METS) aircraft to replace the T-44C, the service announced on Jan. 25.
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DOT&E raises concern over the testing of the F/A-18 IRST Block II
The Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) has raised concerns with the operational testing schedule of the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block II program.
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Recovery of F4F-3 flown previously by 4 U.S. Navy aces
A and T Recovery, a U.S. company that specializes in recovering WW II aircraft, has proposed to recover four warbirds that were lost when aircraft carrier USS Lexington was sunk.
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By Photographer Second Class H.S. Fawcett, U.S. Navy – U.S. Navy photo <a rel=”nofollow” class=”external text” href=”https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g/80-G-10000/80-G-10613.html”>80-G-10613</a>, Public Domain, Link
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