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Residents around NAF Atsugi to sue for noise pollution

Posted on July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 by alert5

The Japanese government is being sued by residents who are living around Naval Air Facility Atsugi for noise pollution. So far, around 6,000 people have signed up and the number might grow to around 10,000, a lawyer representing the group said.

By Yamaguchi Yoshiaki from Japan (Atugi air base) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Poll: Should an unmanned S-3 compete for the MQ-25A program?

Posted on July 22, 2017July 22, 2017 by alert5

The latest draft request for proposals for the MQ-25A competition suggests the U.S. Navy is only keen on having the aircraft acting as a mission tanker and less emphasis is given on its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. An artist concept from Lockheed Martin showed a Navy buddy tanking pod hanging on a pylon. Do you think the company might just refurbish the S-3s under storage and offer them as unmanned tankers?

Graphic: Lockheed Martin

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MQ-25A will be a mission tanker

Posted on July 22, 2017July 22, 2017 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has issued a new draft request for proposals for its MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial refueling tanker and one of its two key performance parameters (KPP) is to do mission tanking.

Graphic: Lockheed Martin
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Australia to sign MoU for MQ-4C in March 2018

Posted on July 22, 2017July 21, 2017 by alert5

Inside Defense has obtained a selected acquisition report which mentions the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Australia in March for seven MQ-4Cs.

By Alex Evers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnavy/8906719846/) [Public domain or CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Japan Coast Guard will stop relying on JMSDF for fixed-wing pilot training

Posted on July 22, 2017July 21, 2017 by alert5

The Yomiuri Shimbun reports that the Japan Coast Guard has decided to train its own fixed-wing pilots instead of sending them to the Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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