The F-35 Integrated Test Force is wrapping up a series of night flights, which will clear the jet to fly in instrument meteorological conditions.
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Category: Navy
South Korea to buy 20 maritime patrol aircraft
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff recently approved a plan to buy 20 maritime patrol aircraft to supplement the aging squadron of 16 P-3C Orions.
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MQ-4C Triton makes first flight
The Northrop Grumman-built MQ-4 Triton unmanned aircraft system completed its first flight May 22 from the company’s manufacturing facility in Palmdale, California.
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Defense Acquisition Board approves SM-6 full-rate production
The U.S. Defense Acquisition Board has approved full-rate production of Raytheon’s Standard Missile-6.
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Ark Royal heads for scrap yard
Former British aircraft carrier Ark Royal has left Portsmouth for the final time to be scrapped in Turkey.
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