Aviation News
Raytheon has delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar array to the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii in preparation for first radar light-off in early July.
Photo: Raytheon
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The Yeovilton Air Day 2016 was held at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, England, on Jul. 2 and a C-17 crew from the 315th Airlift Wing won the best static display award at the show.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Wayne Capps
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The fifth test of the Musudan ballistic missile ended after it traveled for 150km and now North Korea’s main propaganda website, Uriminzokkiri, claimed that the missile had self-destruct on command.
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has decided that its two Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships will eventually be fitted with the Phalanx close-in weapon systems (CIWS).
By PO2 Jeffrey Troutman (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2695922/rimpac-2016) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Three Chilean Navy Type 23 frigates will be upgraded with the MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems (VLS) and they will be armed with the Evolved Seasparrow Missiles (ESSMs).
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew J. Haran [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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