Aviation News
The Royal Navy’s Wildcat helicopter has completed trials aboard HMS Iron Duke. Over a span of twenty-days, the helicopter landed nearly 400 times on the frigate’s flight deck by day and night in various weather conditions.
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A Searcher MK II UAV from the Indian Navy crashed into a hill on Thursday while on a surveillance mission.
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A Russia official revealed that Russia and Vietnam are planning to build facilities in Vietnam for the production of the Uran (NATO: SS-N-25 Switchblade) anti-ship missile this year.
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The U.S. Navy has announced the names of four Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers which will be forward deployed to Rota, Spain.
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Raytheon has formally restarted production of the laser-guided Maverick missile for the U.S. Air Force and Navy.
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