Aviation News
The first of eight Boeing P-8I maritime patrol aircraft for the Indian Navy arrived at Naval Air Station Rajali on May 15.
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The Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) has proven its ability to destroy a high-diving, supersonic threat during a recent firing from the U.S. Navy’s Self-Defense Test Ship.
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The X-47B lands at NAS Pax River after completing the first launch from an aircraft carrier.
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Alenia Aermacchi has signed an agreement with Savunma Sanayii Müsteşarlığı (SSM), the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries to deliver two ATR 72-600 TMUA (Turkish Maritime Utility Aircraft) and six ATR 72-600 TMPA (Turkish Maritime Patrol Aircraft) to the Turkish Navy.
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The U.S. Navy is expected to launch the first X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator from an aircraft carrier today.
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