Six pilots and 10 maintenance technicians from the Royal Thai Army have successfully completed training to fly and maintain the UH-72A at Airbus Helicopters Inc. in Grand Prairie, Texas on Feb. 27.
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Sweetman: Boeing may have already won Uclass competition
In his latest opinion for Aviation Week, Bill Sweetman, postulate that Boeing has won a classified U.S. Air Force unmanned combat aerial vehicle program and the stealth jet, designated RAQ-25, will be adopted by the U.S. Navy for its Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (Uclass) program.
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Washington State won’t let USN use Olympic National Forest for EA-18G training
Washington State’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has informed the U.S. Navy that it won’t participate in a program to deploy mobile electromagnetic radiation emitters in Olympic National Forest.
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Israel asks U.S. Congress for $317 million more in missile funding
Israel has asked the U.S. Congress to provide additional funding for production of the David’s Sling and Arrow 3.
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U.S. donates one C-130E to Ethiopian Air Force
The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia confirmed that the United States government had donated a single C-130E to Ethiopia.
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