USS Theodore Roosevelt returned to Naval Base Guam on Jun. 3 and some 800 sailors have also checked out of their hotels in Guam to return to the aircraft carrier. Some of the sailors who require more time to recover will have to remain in Guam and the service will arrange for transportation to bring […]
Italy is sending six F-35s to Iceland for the NATO air policing mission there, Iceland will require the Italian personnel to quarantine for 14 days before arrival and another 14 days after arriving in Iceland. US Navy / Andy Wolfe / Public domain The Icelandic Coast Guard says around 135 people are from Italy along […]
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 […]
The Russian government is buying insurance for the Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B in case it “disappears” or got damage. A document published on the government’s procurement web portal wants to insure the aircraft for $18 million. The ground-based control post will be insured for another $2.1 million. The insurance period is for seven months. For more […]
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 […]