Aviation News
Raytheon announced that it has completed testing of the HARM Control Section Modification (HCSM). The modification to the AGM-88 includes a GPS receiver and an improved inertial measurement unit (IMU) for precision navigation.
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The first C-130J for the Iraqi Air Force recently completed its first flight.
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Pakistan has inducted another P-3C into service on Sept. 5.
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A team from Fleet Readiness Center South West (FRCSW) at Naval Air Station North Island was asked to redesign the hook point for the X-47B after tests found that the original hook was inadequate during roll-in arrestment tests.
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A British solider from 3rd Battalion The Rifles was killed in Afghanistan in December 2009 after U.S. Apaches mistook them for insurgents and fired on them.
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