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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 North Island, San Diego, to mark the occasion. These plus a third aircraft will remain in the US and be...

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 Force (USAF) and US Navy (USN), with USAF as the lead service. During the live-fire test, the AIM-1...

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 USN in 2008. It is a GPS-based system integrated with shipboard air traffic control to guide aircra...

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 integration into USMC F/A-18C/D Hornet aircraft. Work is expected to be completed in November 2022...