US Navy (USN)
One dead, two injured in US Navy E-2D Hawkeye crash
A US Navy E-2D Hawkeye crashed in the area of Wallops Island and Chincoteague in the State of Virginia on March 30, resulting in one fatality
Six US Navy Growlers deployed to Germany
Six US Navy EA-18G Growlers have arrived at 1Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, on deployment. The aircraft, which are from Electronic Attack Squadron 134 (VAQ-134) ‘Garudas’ at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, arrived on March 28.
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II: US operators
Dave Allport details the units and bases operating the F-35 (and its variants) across three pillars of the United States Armed Forces
USMC and US Navy perform simultaneous manned and unmanned operations
The USMC’s Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) and the US Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 (HSC-23) teamed up to conduct development in integrating manned and unmanned rotary-wing aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, on March 10
US Navy selects Northrop Grumman to modernise E-6B fleet
Northrop Grumman announced on March 3 that it was recently awarded the Integrated Modification and Maintenance Contract for the US Navy’s fleet of Boeing E-6B Mercury airborne command and control aircraft, which the firm will be responsible for sustaining and modernising over the coming years
US Navy declares IOC with CMV-22B Osprey
The US Navy has publicly declared that initial operational capability has been reached with its CMV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft
Overview of NATO's response to the rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia
Since Tensions have been rising since November last year, NATO members have been placing assets in various locations to augment a defensive response to a potential invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Key. Aero has put together all the known movements by the alliance in to one place
First Triton IFC-4 UAV delivered to US Navy
The first Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to the Integrated Functional Capability 4 standard has been delivered to the US Navy
The US Navy tests the MQ-25 and its systems aboard an aircraft carrier
The US Navy in mid-December tested its new tanker drone–and, equally importantly, the drone’s control systems–aboard an aircraft carrier.
AIRCRAFT REPORT: P-8A Poseidon the king of the seas
We chart the ongoing development of the Boeing P-8A Poseidon and details how the maritime patrol aircraft has proven its worth over oceanic skies as orders for the type continue to grow