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DARPA selects AeroVironment and Northrop Grumman for TERN Phase 2

Posted on March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 by alert5

Both AeroVironment and Northrop Grumman have successfully proceed to Phase 2 of DARPA’s Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) program.

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McCain wants UCLASS to have 4,000lb payload

Posted on March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 by alert5

U.S. Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Serves Committee, has written a letter to Defense Secretary Ash Carter, asking him to build the UCLASS as a strike platform with 4,000lb payload.

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Washington National Guard UH-60 Deck Landing Qualifications on CVN 74

Posted on March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 by alert5

UH-60s from Washington National Guard took part in a Deck Landing Qualifications (DLQ) on board USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), just off the coast of Port Angeles on Mar. 24.

Photo: PFC Brianne Patterson, JFHQ-WA,State Public Affairs Office
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CNAF on stealth, CV-22 and woman Blue Angels fighter pilot

Posted on March 24, 2015 by alert5

Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, commander of Naval Air Forces, sat down with Navy Times and spoke on a wide range of issues such as stealth for future fighters and having a woman F/A-18 Blue Angels pilot.

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First U.S. Navy Reservist F-35 flight instructor

Posted on March 24, 2015 by alert5

Elliott “Hemo” Clemence is the first U.S. Navy Reservist to be qualified as a F-35 flight instructor.