The U.S. Navy is expected to announce this week who will build its next-generation carrier-based stealth fighter – a program worth hundreds of billions over its lifetime and a key part of plans to confront China, people familiar with the decision said.
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Indra cierra la compra de Park Air y refuerza su posición como referente global
Indra completa, asimismo, su cartera de soluciones para los mercados de tráfico aéreo civil y militar y se prepara para aprovechar las sinergias del nuevo centro de UK con los de España, Noruega y EEUU.
CBO Report on Super Hornet Availability
The following is the Feb. 9, 2023, Congressional Budget Office report, Availability and Use of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Fighter Aircraft.
From the report
Than for the Rest of the Department of the Navy’s Fleet. Availability rates of Super Hornets
declined markedly between the mid-2000s and the mid-2010s; the older F/A-18C/D Hornets
experienced a longer and steeper drop. Both types of Hornets experienced...
https://news.usni.org/2023/02/10/cbo-report-on-super-hornet-availability
Japan Set to Buy SM-6s in Potential $450M Deal, Says State Deptartment
SM-6 launches from guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones on Aug. 29, 2017. MDA Photo
Japan is set to be the first country after the United States to field the Standard Missile 6 as part of a proposed $450 million arms package, according to a State Department notification to Congress.
According to the Thursday notification, Japan was conditionally approved to buy up to 32 of the Raytheon-built SM-6 Block Is, pending congressional approval.
“The proposed sale will improve Japan’s Air Defense...
VIDEO: Navy Wraps Up MQ-25A Deck Handling Tests on Carrier USS George H.W. Bush
A Boeing unmanned MQ-25 aircraft is given operating directions on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) on Dec. 13, 2021 in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy Photo
The prototype for the Navy’s unmanned refueling tanker has wrapped up deck handling tests aboard an aircraft carrier off the East Coast
The service performed tests of the T-1 prototype aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) to assess how the aircraft functioned aboard the flight deck in winds of more than...
MQ-25A Unmanned Prototype Now on Carrier George H.W. Bush for At-Sea Testing
MQ-25A being lifted aboard carrier USS George H.W. BUsh (CVN-77) on Nov 30, 2021. US Navy Photo
THE PENTAGON – The prototype for the Navy’s unmanned refueling tanker is now aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier ahead of at-sea testing.
Rear Adm. Andrew Loiselle, who leads the chief of naval operation’s air warfare directorate (OPNAV N98), told USNI News in a recent interview that as of Tuesday, the T-1 prototype is aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) for the ship’s carrier qualifications.
The...
Report to Congress on F-15EX Eagle II Fighter
The following is the Nov. 3, 2021, Congressional Research Service report: Air Force F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Program.
From the report
On March 11, 2021, the U.S. Air Force took delivery of its first F-15EX Eagle II fighter. The Eagle II program is intended to deliver 144 aircraft to replace aging F-15Cs, most of which are in the Air National Guard.
The Trump Administration’s FY2020 budget proposal included a request for $1.1 billion to buy 8 F-15EX aircraft, the first procurement toward a planned...
https://news.usni.org/2021/11/04/report-to-congress-on-f-15ex-eagle-ii-fighter
MQ-25A Refuels F-35C Joint Strike Fighter Over Illinois
An MQ-25 test asset, known as T1, conducts its first aerial refueling test flight with an F-35C Lightning II Sept. 13, 2021 near MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois. Boeing Photo
The Boeing prototype MQ-25A T1 unmanned carrier tanker refueled an F-35C Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter as part of early testing for the program, Naval Air Systems Command announced on Tuesday.
The F-35C, assigned to the “Salty Dogs” of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, and the MQ-25 flew from...
https://news.usni.org/2021/09/14/mq-25a-refuels-f-35c-joint-strike-fighter-over-illinois
Boeing MQ-25 Prototype Refuels E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
MQ-25 Stingray T1 test asset refuels an E-2D aircraft Aug. 18, 2021, at MidAmerica Airport in Illinois. Boeing Photo
Boeing’s prototype for the Navy’s first unmanned aerial tanker successfully refueled its second aircraft type in a test over Illinois, the service announced on Thursday.
The MQ-25 T1 prototype topped off an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye flown by the in a series of test flights from MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., just outside of St. Louis.
“During the six-hour flight, Navy E-2D...
https://news.usni.org/2021/08/19/boeing-mq-25-prototype-refuels-e-2d-advanced-hawkeye
Navy Plans Upgrades to Fly E-2Ds into the 2040s
An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye with VAW-120 is refueled in the air. US Navy Photo
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — With production coming to an end in four years, the Navy is working out a plan to sustain the E-2D Advanced Hawk command-and-control aircraft for at least another 30.
Upgrades include cockpit avionics and enhancements to mission systems, communication capabilities and cybersecurity to keep the “eyes of the fleet” open well into 2040 beyond, according to Capt. Pete Arrobio, who heads the Airborne...
https://news.usni.org/2021/08/03/navy-plans-upgrades-to-fly-e-2ds-into-the-2040s