Dutch Air Force to begin MQ-9 operations in Curacao
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has taken delivery of three MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft and two Mobile Ground Control Stations from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. The RNLAF will...
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2022 curtain to rise on USA’s Aerospace Valley Air Show
LANCASTER, Calif. — This is the year when the planets align over Southern California’s High Desert Aerospace Valley, declaring the region to be, “The Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe.” That’s...
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Unlocking the Past: The “Joe Walker 50th Anniversary Celebration” unveils...
Local test pilots and school officials honored the legacy of NASA Test Pilot Joe Walker during the “Joe Walker 50th Anniversary Celebration” at Joe Walker Middle School in Lancaster Calif., April 2,...
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News Ukraine says it damaged Russian flagship, crew evacuates Ukrainian forces said they struck and seriously damaged the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, dealing a potentially major setback to...
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Community rallies to raise about $20,000 to care for local veterans
On Friday evening, April 1, a few days after National Vietnam Veterans Day, veterans and community members gathered to raise approximately $20,000 for the important work of caring for and supporting...
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Electric rotary aircraft completes first Eglin flight
The Lift Hexa, an electric, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, completed its first test flight at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 4, 2022. The unmanned aircraft, piloted via remote control, used...
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New tests evaluate mission readiness of astronauts upon landing
Have you ever felt off-balance after being on amusement rides or gotten motion sickness on a boat? Astronauts feel something similar that can be more intense when they return to Earth from space. Once...
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Remember the second Japanese attack on the U.S.
I remember attending a Navy League meeting in Bakersfield, Calif., back in 2005. I mentioned that my husband, Al, likes to watch a documentary video called, “Report from the Aleutians.” The movie was...
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Northrop Grumman enables Webb telescope’s coldest instrument to reach...
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. — NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built in partnership with Northrop, is one step closer to being fully commissioned. Enabled by Northrop Grumman cryocooler technology, the...
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V Corps and NATO forces build readiness during Saber Strike
As America’s forward deployed corps in Europe, V Corps led the theater-wide military exercise, Saber Strike 22, which encompassed a variety of joint multi-national training throughout Germany, Poland,...
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Medal of Honor Monday: Navy Lt. Thomas R. Norris
When two American pilots were downed in enemy territory toward the end of the Vietnam War, numerous attempts to rescue them by other aircraft failed. That’s when Navy Lt. Thomas Rolland Norris was...
View ArticleNASA’s X-59 is back in California after critical ground tests in Texas
The X-59, NASA’s quiet supersonic experimental aircraft, has arrived back at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, Calif., following several months of critical ground tests in Fort Worth,...
View ArticleHeadlines — April 18
News US, allies plan for long-term isolation of Russia The Biden administration and its European allies have begun planning for a different world, in which they no longer try to coexist and cooperate...
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Defense Logistics Agency General Electric Aviation, Lynn, Mass., has been awarded a maximum $149,693,969 firm-fixed-price, requirements-type delivery order against a five-year subsumable basic ordering...
View ArticleNorthrop Grumman Black Hawk OpenLift ready for all-weather ops
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. — The UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter, enabled by the Northrop Grumman-developed OpenLift architecture, has been granted an Instrument Flight Rules Airworthiness Release by the U.S....
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U.S. Air Force fields new rifle to Airmen
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Small Arms Program Office is in the final phase of delivering the Squad Designated Marksmanship Rifle, or SDMR, to units across the Air Force. The Air Force...
View ArticleLaser Trailblazer: Navy conducts historic test of new laser weapon system
The ground-based laser system homed in on the red drone flying by, shooting a high-energy beam invisible to the naked eye. Suddenly, a fiery orange glow flared on the drone, smoke poured from its...
View ArticleNROL-85 launches from Vandenberg SFB
Team Vandenberg launched the National Reconnaissance Office mission (NROL-85) from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., at 6:30 a.m., PDT, April 17, 2022. Col. Rob Long,...
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Reserve Marines conduct a live-fire HIMARS training event
The Marines that operate M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers hold a vital role within the future of the Marine Corps. With their rockets red glare, the Reserve Marines with Kilo...
View ArticleHeadlines — April 20
News Russia ratchets up battle for control of eastern Ukraine Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland on Tuesday, intensifying assaults on cities and towns...
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