High-Altitude Long Endurance UAS Preps For First Flight
The Boeing Phantom Eye high altitude long endurance (HALE) UAS
completed 12 days of ground vibration and structural mode
interaction tests this month at NASA's Dryden Flight Research
Center at Edwards Air Force Base, CA.
The Sikorsky CH148 Cyclone helicopter will debut in a static
exhibit at the 49th International Paris Air Show. In a news release
Thursday, Sikorsky said the aircraft on display was built under
Sikorsky's Canadian Maritime Helicopter Project (CMHP).
Has Received Government Approval For Purchase Of 24 MH-60R
Helos
Australian Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for
Defence Materiel Jason Clare said Wednesday that the Australian
Government had approved the acquisition of 24 MH-60R Seahawk
'Romeo' naval combat helicopters at a cost of over $3 billion.
Delivery Is Underway With Completion And Handover Planned For
October
The Air Force's first Mission Training Center simulator is being
set up at Nevada's Nellis AFB as part of a $109.1 million contract
with L-3 Link Simulation and Training.
Four Hundred Eleven Flight Completed As Of June 14
Since the last F-35 flight test program update issued May 11,
Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II has conducted 93 test flights,
bringing the total number of flights for the year to 411.