India’s indigenous aircraft carrier will be fitted with an air surveillance naval radar RAN 40L and IFF radar from SELEX Sistemi Integrati.
Category: Navy
U.S. Navy to pick single contractor for Next Generation Jammer’s technology development phase
The U.S. Navy has decided to pick one and not two contractors for the technology development phase of the Next Generation Jammer program. The move is expected to save hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Italian AW101 AEW&C to enter service in March
Italian AgustaWestland AW101 airborne early warning and control helicopters will start operational duties in March following completion of radar development work by SELEX Galileo.
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F-35’s transonic acceleration not meeting target
Lockheed Martin has admitted that all three versions of the F-35 is not able to meet its transonic acceleration target.
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Panetta expected to lift F-35B’s ‘probation’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is expected to announce the decision to lift the probation on the F-35B during a visit to Naval Air Station Patuxent River on Friday.
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