Raytheon has completed a successful field test of an advanced Electronic Support Measure (ESM) seeker installed in a Block IV Tomahawk.
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Category: Navy
Royal Navy Sea King crash landing
Apparently, a Royal Navy Sea King made a crash landing on Oct. 3 in Ilchester. The aircraft’s tail broke off in the crash. Hit the source for a photo of the recovery operation.
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New Zealand is first export customer for Sea Ceptor
New Zealand has selected MBDA’s Sea Ceptor Air Defence System for the Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN) ANZAC Frigate Systems Upgrade project.
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Indian Navy’s aging helicopter fleet
Indian warships could soon be sailing without heli-borne ASW cover as the Navy’s fleet of Ka28 and Sea King helicopters slowly go unserviceable due to age.
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Dassault Aviation and Thales to modernise French Navy’s Atlantique 2
Fifteen of the French Navy’s Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft will be modernized by Dassault Aviation and Thales to keep them flying beyond 2030.
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