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CSBA Reviews Prospects for US Army’s Future Vertical Lift

CSBA Reviews Prospects for US Army’s Future Vertical Lift

Future Vertical Lift (FVL) is a force structure recapitalization effort to design and procure a family of rotary-wing platforms capable of operations in future highly contested envi­ronments. The Army’s FVL is the leading edge of an effort that has identified the need for a rotary-wing Family of Sys…
US Navy and Marine Corps Train for Amphibious Ops in Asia

US Navy and Marine Corps Train for Amphibious Ops in Asia

OKINAWA, Japan — U.S. Marines and Sailors from across III Marine Expeditionary Force and elements of U.S. 7th Fleet executed Noble Jaguar, an integrated naval exercise in and around Japan, Sept. 27-31, 2021.

While closely monitoring simulated adversary activities, these forces received the orde…

US Navy Christens Latest Destroyer As Another Sails to Hawaii

US Navy Christens Latest Destroyer As Another Sails to Hawaii

BATH, Maine — The christening of the future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) took place on 2 October 2021 at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. DDG 120 is the fifth (of nine) Arleigh Burke-class, “Flight IIA: Technology Insertion” variant for the U.S. Navy.

The ship’s name…

US Navy Tests Upgraded BQM-177 Targets Off Coast of Japan

US Navy Tests Upgraded BQM-177 Targets Off Coast of Japan

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. –– The Navy’s Aerial Target program office (PMA-208) recently completed three back-to-back test flights with its newest subsonic aerial target, BQM-177A, in preparation for Full Operational Capability (FOC) this year.

The Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) Detachment-Far E…

Italian MoD Order Boosts Piaggio P.180 on Order to 20

Italian MoD Order Boosts Piaggio P.180 on Order to 20

VILLANOVA D’ALBENGA, Italy — The Italian Minister of Defence, Lorenzo Guerini, signed on Friday, October 1 a Decree for the purchase of six new P.180 Avanti EVO for the Italian Armed Forces.

For a total amount of 171 million euros, the act also finances the supply of a P.180 full flight simula…

China Unveils Newest Transonic Wind Tunnel

China Unveils Newest Transonic Wind Tunnel

China has completed the construction of its FL-62 continuous transonic wind tunnel. With a volume of 17,000 cubic meters and a weight of more than 6,600 tonnes, the FL-62 is one of the most advanced continuous transonic wind tunnels in the world.


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