Monthly Archive: Dicembre 2021

USAF Collaborates on Production of Modernized Nuclear Bomb

USAF Collaborates on Production of Modernized Nuclear Bomb

KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. —- The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration rolled out the first production unit of the B61-12 nuclear bomb at its Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas, Nov. 23.

The B61-12 is DOE’s first major modernization program of an Air Force nuclear warhead in ove…

Russia to Flight-Test Ka-226T Helicopter with Russian Engine

Russia to Flight-Test Ka-226T Helicopter with Russian Engine

ST. PETERSBURG — Flight tests of the cutting-edge VK-650V engine on the light multirole helicopter Ka-226T will start in 2023, chief designer of the VK-650V engine in UEC-Klimov Anastasia Solovyova told reporters on Monday.

“We will initiate flight tests on Ka-226T in 2023 and will further cont…

Global Hawk to Expand Participation in SkyRange Program

Global Hawk to Expand Participation in SkyRange Program

SAN DIEGO — Northrop Grumman Corporation has been issued a task order to support the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) to begin engineering and planning work to reconfigure four United States Air Force EQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk aircraft for use in the SkyRange fleet of t…
Raytheon to Deliver Additional AESA Radars to US Marine Corps

Raytheon to Deliver Additional AESA Radars to US Marine Corps

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, will fulfill two orders of APG-79(V)4 AESA radars for the U.S. Marine Corps with a total value of $63 million.

The radar, which is a scaled version of the APG-79 AESA that equips F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter…

Upgraded AMRAAM Completes Series of Captive Flight Tests

Upgraded AMRAAM Completes Series of Captive Flight Tests

EGLIN AFB, Fla. — Raytheon Missiles & Defense, in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, has successfully completed the latest series of captive flight tests of the upgraded Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile under the Form, Fit, Function Refresh program, known as F3R.

During the tests, an …

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