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Boeing has delivered the first two of 78 contracted F/A-18 Block III Super Hornets to the US Navy (USN), which took delivery of the first platform on 31 August. Boeing delivered its first F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet to the US Navy on 31 Au...

The US Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Boeing a $220 million contract to configure Taiwan’s Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems.

Taiwan is moving forward with the acquisition of coastal missile batteries equipped with Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles under a US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case. Boeing was awarded a USD220 million contract by the US Naval Air Syste...

The first Air Force CV-22 Osprey designated for nacelle improvement modifications under a NAVAIR contract with Bell Boeing arrived at Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center on Sept. 21.

The American service provider has recently taken delivery of its third of four ex-Singapore KC-135R tankers.

ALE-50 uses electronic countermeasures to lure incoming missiles away from military aircraft.

India begins romance with first MH-60 Romeos 20th July 2021 - 01:31 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Christchurch RSS The Indian Navy has received its first two MH-60R helicopters from the US. (IN) The USN has handed over the first pair of MH-60R anti-submarine warfare helicopters to India, but they will remain on American soil for now. The Indian Navy (IN) received its first two MH-60R helicopters from the US military on 16 July. A formal ceremony was held at Naval Air Station Nor...

AMRAAM Joint Program Office completes second live firing of new AIM-120D-3 26 May 2021 by Robin Hughes The Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Joint Program Office (JPO) completed the second live-fire test of the new AIM-120D-3 variant AMRAAM over the US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) Point Mugu Sea Test Range in California on May 12. An initial AIM-120D-3 live-fire test was conducted on 9 December 2020. AMRAAM is managed as a joint programme between the US Air...

F-35C aboard USS Carl Vinson. (Photo: USN) USN can now provide precision landing for carrier-borne aircraft. JPALS is therefore ready to provide precision approach and landing capabilities to carrier aircraft at sea in support of naval aviation operations worldwide, it added. The USN declared IOC on 4 May after the successful installation, integration and flight certification of the first JPALS production unit aboard USS Raytheon began JPALS system development and testing activities with the U...

The USMC is fitting more AESA radars to F/A-18C/D aircraft. (Photo: DoD) AN/APG-79(V)4 radar shares 90% parts commonality with the baseline AN/APG-79. US Naval Air Systems Command is buying six additional AN/APG-79(V)4 AESA radar systems from Raytheon under a $20.04 million contract modification, the DoD announced on 5 May. The modification also provides software, obsolescence management, engineering support and associated technical, financial, and administrative data for AN/APG-79(V)4 retrofit...