Tue, Sep 27, 2016
County Will Eventually Acquire 42 Of The Aircraft
Senior Japanese and U.S. government officials joined Lockheed Martin to celebrate the roll out of the first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II, marking a major milestone in Japan's enhanced national defense and strengthening the future of the U.S-Japan security alliance.
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Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Flew In The European Campaign During WWII
Another of the storied Tuskegee Airmen has Gone West. Lt. Col. Leo Gray, one of the original members of the unit, passed away at his home in Coconut Creek, FL on Friday. He was 92.
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Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Who You Gonna Call When you Have a Rocket Engine that Needs a Spacecraft?
While at EAA AirVenture 2016, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, sat down to talk with an old acquaintance about rocket flight and the spaceflight industry. He met up with Jeff Greason, who is the CEO of a new company called Agile Aero. Greason had been previously connected with XCOR Aerospace, and Jim asked about his venture in this new direction.
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Tue, Sep 27, 2016
System Integrated Without Any Modifications To The Aircraft
The first test flight of Lockheed Martin's Legion Pod was completed recently at Jacksonville Air National Guard Base in Florida.
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Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Protects The New Fighter With Advanced Technology
BAE Systems recently celebrated the production and delivery of the 250th electronic warfare (EW) suite for the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft program. The EW suite protects the F-35 with advanced technology for next-generation missions to counter current and emerging threats.
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Mon, Sep 26, 2016
Estimated Cost Of The Sale Is $1.9 Billion For Aircraft, Training And Support
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan for KC-46A aerial refueling aircraft and related equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $1.9 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale.
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Mon, Sep 26, 2016
Ribbon Is Cut On Drone Command Center Saturday
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held recently at the Air National Guard base in Battle Creek, MI marking the opening of a new command center for the MQ-9 Reaper Remote Piloted Aircraft.
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Mon, Sep 26, 2016
Also: Tracey Curtis-Taylor, RC Saab Gripen, Kodiak, Airbus Subsidies, Worcester Reg'l Airport, MedEvac Foundation, Predator-Series
As promised, SpaceX is starting to reveal details of their investigation into the catastrophic loss on September 1 of a Falcon 9, its payload and other damage to the launch complex. SpaceX said in part, "At this stage of the investigation, preliminary review of the data and debris suggests that a large breach in the cryogenic helium system of the second stage liquid oxygen tank took place. All plausible causes are being tracked in an extensive fault tree and carefully investigated. Through the fault tree and data review process, we have exonerated any connection with last year’s CRS-7 mishap.” Speaking before an audience of aviation and military experts assembled at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. last week, Bell Helicopter unveiled the Bell V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor. The Bell V-247 tiltrotor is an unmanned aerial syst
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Mon, Sep 26, 2016
Gentex Will Provide Chemical And Biological Protection Systems For Pilots
The Army Contracting Command has awarded a contract valued at $82.4 million to Gentex for F-35 masks and life support systems.
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Sun, Sep 25, 2016
Provides Customers Worldwide With Round-The-Clock System Availability
The Predator-series family of aircraft, including MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper, and MQ-1C Gray Eagle, has achieved a historic industry milestone: four million flight hours. The milestone was crossed on August 7th, with 291,331 total missions completed and 90% of all missions flown in combat.
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