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The new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for the U.S. Navy’s new class of aircraft carriers cannot catapult warplanes carrying external fuel tanks.
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Lockheed Martin has purchased the High Speed Wind Tunnel (HSWT) in Grand Prairie, Texas, from Triumph Aerostructures.
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Both AeroVironment and Northrop Grumman have successfully proceed to Phase 2 of DARPA’s Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) program.
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A successful test of India’s Astra BVRAAM was finally carried out on Mar. 19 at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Balasore.
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India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has submitted a request to the government for a supersonic flying test bed.
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