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Dylan Malyasov

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Skyworks to offer U.S. Army new combat gyrodyne aircraft

U.S. high-performance gyroplanes maker Skyworks in collaboration with Scaled Composites to build a high-speed rotorcraft demonstrator of future combat gyrodyne aircraft. Skyworks signed a collaboration agreement with Scaled Composites to development new VertiJet gyrodyne aircraft to take part in...

First British P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft makes maiden flight

The first British P-8 Poseidon MRA Mk1 multi-role maritime patrol aircraft, equipped with sensors and weapons systems for anti-submarine warfare, performed its maiden flight on Friday from Boeing Field in Seattle. The newest ZP801, the first Royal Air Force...

New details released on B-52 emergency landing at RAF Mildenhall

The U.S. Air Force has released new details on a B-52 Stratofortress bomber emergency landing at RAF Mildenhall, England. American long-range, subsonic bomber was forced to make an emergency landing on the outskirts of Cambridgeshire after a mid-air emergency. According...

Naval Air Weapon Station in California resumes flight operations following earthquakes

The U.S. Navy’s huge Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWSCL) resumed normal flight operations after one of the largest earthquakes to hit Southern California since the early ’90s. Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) resumed normal flight...

DARPA demonstrates warfighting force with artificial intelligence as a true partner

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, commonly known as DARPA, has provided details of the program that highlights manned-unmanned teaming to enhance capabilities for ground units, giving squads battalion-level insights and intelligence. DARPA’s Squad X Experimentation program aims...

U.S. Air Force awards Textron with $51M contract for Minuteman III antenna procurement

The Department of Defense announced on Friday an agreement worth about for $51,2 million for procurement of multiprobe antenna for Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. The contract modification award from Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center to Textron Defense...

U.S. State Dept approves possible $600M sale of MH-60R helicopters to Greece

The U.S. State Department has made a determination to approve a possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Greece of MH-60R helicopters with related equipment and support. The approval for the potential FMS, which was announced by the US...

Trump announces plans to expand F-35’s sustainment work in Milwaukee

During a visit to Derco, a business unit of Lockheed Martin company, President Donald J. Trump announced more work is coming to Milwaukee. According to a news release put out by Lockheed Martin, Derco will provide parts warehousing and distribution...