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New flight endurance record for MQ-8C

Posted on August 26, 2015 by alert5

The MQ-8C Fire Scout managed to fly 11 hours, with over an hour of fuel in reserve, during testing at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu recently.

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By U.S. Navy (http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=164296) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Industry, Navy, UAV

Russian Navy to have 50 Su-30SM by 2020

Posted on August 22, 2015 by alert5

The Russian Navy received two Su-30SM fighters on Aug 17 and the service will have 50 such fighters by 2020.

Sukhoi Su-30SM inflight
By Alex Beltyukov (http://russianplanes.net/id145423) [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

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Integration testing of LRASM on Super Hornet started

Posted on August 22, 2015August 21, 2015 by alert5

Integration of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) on the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has commenced at Patuxent River’s VX-23 facility.

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Photo: NAVAIR

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Posted in Navy

F-35C to resume carrier testing in October

Posted on August 21, 2015 by alert5

The F-35C will go out to sea again in October for sea trials with USS Eisenhower.

F-35C landing on USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in November 2014 (01)
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelly M. Agee [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Navy

Cubic to develop ACMI subsystem for F-35

Posted on August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 by alert5

Cubic Global Defense will develop an internally mounted subsystem of the P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) for the F-35.

A U.S. Air Force pilot navigates an F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing into position to refuel with a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 336th Air Refueling 130516-F-XL333-499
By MSgt John Nimmo Sr. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force, Marines, Navy

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