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Boeing to Stop the Production of Hornets in 2025
Air

Boeing to Stop the Production of Hornets in 2025

Boeing stops its F/A-18 Super Hornet jet production line following delivery of the final U.S. Navy fighters. If the Indian Navy chooses the Super Hornet, production could be extended until 2027. The Company will focus on T-7A Red Hawk advanced training aircraft and autonomous refuelling UAV MQ-25 Stingray, both of which are produced in St. Louis.

Royal Navy Solves Air Defence Destroyers' Engine Problems
Land Engine and Transmission

Royal Navy Solves Air Defence Destroyers' Engine Problems

Royal Navy announced that HMS Dauntless has undergone trials, and its engine problems have been solved with the Power Improvement Project (PIP).

USAF Selects Raytheon and Northrop Grumman to Deliver First HACM
Weapon / Missile

USAF Selects Raytheon and Northrop Grumman to Deliver First HACM

US Air Force has selected Raytheon and Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM).

Northrop Grumman to Roll out B-21 Stealth Bomber in December
Air

Northrop Grumman to Roll out B-21 Stealth Bomber in December

The Air Force confirmed today that the B-21 Raider would be unveiled in the first week of December at a ceremony hosted and sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation in Palmdale, California.

USAF Activates the First Squadron of F-16s Equipped with AESA Radar
Air Sensors

USAF Activates the First Squadron of F-16s Equipped with AESA Radar

The US Air Force (USAF) has activated the 480th Fighter Squadron as the first USAF F-16CM squadron to be equipped with an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar system. USAF Chief of Staff General CQ Brown Jr. stated that updating the F-16 with the addition of the AESA radar will make this aircraft more effective in combat operations. “I look forward to taking the F-16 further into the future of air superiority,” he said.

US Army Completes UH-60V “Victor” IOT and Evaluation
Air Modernisation

US Army Completes UH-60V “Victor” IOT and Evaluation

US Army’s upgraded UH-60V Black Hawk completed initial operational tests and evaluation (IOT&E) as it moves closer to full-rate production.

LM Declares its Test Results for NGI
Weapon / Missile

LM Declares its Test Results for NGI

Lockheed Martin said on Aug. 8 that it recently validated a prototype communications radio technology for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI).

DARPA Conducts First Test of the OpFires Ground-Launched Hypersonic Missile System
Weapon / Missile

DARPA Conducts First Test of the OpFires Ground-Launched Hypersonic Missile System

According to DARPA, the Operational Fires (OpFires) ground-launched hypersonic missile system has successfully executed its first flight test.

Northrop Grumman intends to equip the C-130 Hercules with the AN/APG-83 AESA radar
Sensors

Northrop Grumman intends to equip the C-130 Hercules with the AN/APG-83 AESA radar

Northrop Grumman plans to install Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) radar to C-130 Hercules.

US Navy awarded a $153 million contract to Northrop Grumman to deliver AARGM
Weapon / Missile

US Navy awarded a $153 million contract to Northrop Grumman to deliver AARGM

The United States Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $153 million contract for full-rate production (FRP) of lots 10 and 11 of the AGM-88E2 advanced anti-radiation guided missile (AARGM).

US Navy Tests Hypersonic Rocket Motor
Weapon / Missile

US Navy Tests Hypersonic Rocket Motor

The US Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) office tested on May 27th the first-stage solid rocket motor (SRM) in Promontory, Utah.