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Boeing’s MQ-25 T1 Stingray jet-propelled air tanker drone has successfully refueled a US Navy E-2D Hawkeye command and control aircraft. The test flight, which took place at the Mid America St. Louis Airport on August 18, was carried out by Navy pilots… Continue reading MQ-25 Stingray drone refuels E-2D command and control aircraft in mid-air
In anticipation of the day when drones routinely refuel US Navy planes in the air, Boeing and Northrop Grumman have carried out carrier air wing team refueling in a simulation. The virtual Manned-UnManned Teaming (MUM-T) capabilities exercise included … Continue reading MQ-25 refueling drone put to the test in manned-unmanned virtual exercise
A Northrop Grumann MQ-4C Triton drone equipped with a highly upgraded multi-intelligence package, called Integrated Functional Capability Four (IFC-4), has taken to the air for the first time. The turbofan-powered robotic aircraft in its new configurat… Continue reading Multi-intelligence version of the MQ-4C drone flies for first time
For the first time ever, an un-crewed aircraft has successfully refuelled another aircraft while both planes were in flight. In the test, Boeing’s MQ-25 T1 aerial tanker drone transferred jet fuel to a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading In an aviation first, Boeing drone refuels another aircraft in mid-air
With the aid of a Dutch De Zeven Provincien-class frigate, the US Navy destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) has used two Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Blk IA interceptors to destroy ballistic missiles while they were still in space during the Formidable S… Continue reading US Navy intercepts ballistic missiles with the aid of a Dutch frigate
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The US Navy has given Raytheon Missiles & Defense the go ahead on production of the latest Block of the venerable Tomahawk cruise missile. The Block V variant will start work later this year, giving the missile a life extension of 15 years plus increas… Continue reading US Navy green lights production of Block V Tomahawk cruise missile
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the US Navy have successfully destroyed a mock ICBM missile on the edge of space using a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile launched from the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS John Finn (DDG-113).Continu… Continue reading US Navy destroyer intercepts mock ICBM with standard missile
Boeing has been awarded a US$30-million contract to develop a supersonic ramjet missile demonstrator in cooperation with the US Navy’s Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. The Supersonic Propulsion Enabled Advanced Ramjet (SPEAR) flight demonstrator wi… Continue reading Boeing to develop supersonic ramjet missile demonstrator for US Navy