Aviation News
The Deputy Director of Warfare Integration (N8FB) at Chief of Naval Operations Staff told National Defense in an interview that the upper echelons in the Pentagon are contemplating whether the new Carrier Based Aerial Refueling System (CBARS) will require a new competition.
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The U.S. Navy Reserve’s sole Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron recently relocated to Naval Air Station Jacksonville after having spent 15 years at Naval Station Mayport.
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Xinhua News Agency interviewed Rear Admiral Yin Zhuo and the military official said China is building aircraft carriers not just to protect its interests in South China Seas but other offshore areas as well.
By Simon YANG [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia’s Izvestia newspaper says Krylovsky State Research Center (KRSC) will be offering its Project 23000E aircraft carrier design to India. New Delhi is preparing to start construction for its second indigenous carrier.
By Artem Tkachenko (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy is quietly trying to get the RAQ-25 to be known as Stingray instead of its nomenclature – Carrier Based Aerial Refueling System (CBARS).
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