Aviation News
Rockwell Collins has successfully tested its Wideband HF Receiver-Exciter on a C-17 and the cargo plane was able to exchange broadband data between Dover AFB Delaware and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
By Balon Greyjoy (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
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NATO has announced that two U.S. Air Force F-15Cs will join Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29s to patrol Bulgarian airspace starting from Sept. 9.
By A1C Dana J. Butler [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Research vessel Nautilus dispatched two of its ROVs to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean this week to explore the wreck of former light aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22).
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has selected Northrop Grumman for its Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) Turret Research in Aero-Effects (STRAFE) program.
Graphic: Northrop Grumman
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The 480th Fighter Squadron lost a F-16C near Engelmannreuth, Germany one year ago, investigators have now determined the root cause of the accident.
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