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The U.S. Navy’s Program Executive Office for Strike and Unmanned Aviation has decided to maintain 10 MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in active service, while keeping the remaining 28 MQ-8Cs in Level 2 preservation. This means that the UAVs in preservation will be stored in such a way that they can easily be restored to service when needed.
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.
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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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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