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US Air Force Investigating Hypersonic Test Failure

US Air Force Investigating Hypersonic Test Failure

LOS ANGELES and WASHINGTON — A scramjet-powered missile developed under the joint DARPA/U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program was destroyed in a recent test accident, Aerospace DAILY has learned.

The missile is believed to have inadvertently separated from a B-5…

USAF Delays Decision on KC-46 Tanker Production to 2024

USAF Delays Decision on KC-46 Tanker Production to 2024

The U.S. Air Force has delayed by four years a decision on whether the $44 billion KC-46 tanker program should be approved for full-rate production while contractor Boeing Co. tries to show it has fixed the flawed camera system used for the plane’s midair refueling mission.

An Air Force statement…

Leonardo Wins Maintenance Contract with Danish Navy

Leonardo Wins Maintenance Contract with Danish Navy

ROME — Leonardo has signed a twenty-year framework agreement with the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) which provides for logistics support and the possible future upgrade of the seventeen 76/62 Super Rapid Gun Mounts which are in-service on the Danish Navy’s Iver Huitf…
HMS Lancaster on Weapons Trials After Two-Year Refit

HMS Lancaster on Weapons Trials After Two-Year Refit

HMS Lancaster is spending a fortnight flexing her military muscle off the south coast as she prepares for renewed front-line duties.

After a spot of maintenance in her home base of Portsmouth, the frigate put to sea at the weekend to focus on the ‘business end’ of Royal Navy operations: warfare.

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