Category: Notizie Estero

Boeing has delivered the first Super Hornet test aircraft for the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angel flight demonstration squadron. The jet is now at NAS Patuxent River. Boeing says the jet comes with an oil tank for the smoke-generation system, fuel systems that enable the aircraft to fly inverted for extended periods of time, civilian-compatible navigation […]

BAE Systems says its has successfully completed test shots of its APKWS laser-guided rockets from a tactical configuration ground-based weapon system for the first time. Graphic: BAE Systems Testing was carried out at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground, in collaboration with the U.S. Navy and Arnold Defense. The rockets were fired from Arnold’s FLETCHER […]

NAVAIR says the first captive carry flight test of an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) missile on the Super Hornet has occurred on Jun. 1. U.S. Navy photo “This first flight represents a significant step in the AARGM-ER Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase,” said Capt. Mitch Commerford, who oversees the Direct and […]