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Air Americas 

Helibras Delivers 31st Airbus H225M Helicopter to Brazilian Air Force

September 23, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, Airbus Helicopters H225M Caracal, Brazil, Brazilian Air Force, Helicopter

Helibras, Brazil-based helicopter manufacturer and subsidiary of Airbus Helicopters, delivered the 31st H225M helicopter to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). The aircraft

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Air Americas 

Lockheed Martin Delivers 400th Electro-Optical Targeting System for F-35 Lightning II Stealth Fighter Aircraft

September 23, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS), Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR), Fifth-generation jet fighter, Infrared Search and Track (IRST), Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, USA

Lockheed Martin delivered the 400th Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) for the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter aircraft. The 400th EOTS

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Americas Misc 

U.S. Air Force Realigns Holloman AFB Under Air Education and Training Command

September 23, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Holloman AFB, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, USAF 49th Wing, USAF Air Combat Command (ACC), USAF Air Education and Training Command (AETC)

The 49th Wing at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, and all co-located units, will realign from Air Combat Command

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Americas Misc 

Rockwell Collins to Help U.S. Navy Meet Civil Navigation Standards on Multiple Aircraft

September 23, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Rockwell Collins, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Rockwell Collins is helping multiple U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft obtain safety-critical Required Navigation Performance Area Navigation (RNP-RNAV)

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Americas Naval 

U.S. Navy Ballistic Missile Submarine USS Rhode Island Returns from Sea Trials Following 33-Month Engineered Refueling Overhaul

September 23, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO), Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), Ohio-class SSBN, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740)

The U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) returned to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga.,

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Americas Naval 

U.S. Coast Guard Takes Delivery of Seventh National Security Cutter, Future USCGC Kimball

September 23, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments HII Ingalls Shipbuilding, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), National Security Cutter (NSC), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), USA, USCGC Kimball (WMSL-756)

The U.S. Coast Guard accepted delivery of the seventh national security cutter (NSC), the future USCGC Kimball (WMSL 756), in

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Air Americas C4ISR 

Telephonics Awarded Contract for AN/ZPY-4 Radar Supplies for U.S. Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter

September 23, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments AN/ZPY-4 Radar, Maritime Surveillance Radar, Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout, Telephonics Corporation, U.S. Navy (USN), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), Unmanned Helicopter, USA

Telephonics Corporation has been awarded a contract for the procurement of AN/ZPY-4 Radar supplies for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-8B Fire

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Americas Land 

U.S. Army Announces Conversion of Two Brigade Combat Teams

September 22, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Brigade Combat Team (BCT), Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), Stryker IAV, U.S. Army, USA

The U.S. Army has announced the conversion of two brigade combat teams, the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 1st

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Americas Artillery 

Northrop Grumman to Produce First Insensitive Munitions Rocket Motors for GMLRS Program

September 22, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), Lockheed Martin, M142 HIMARS, M270 MLRS, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Northrop Grumman, U.S. Army, USA

Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a full rate production contract from Lockheed Martin to deliver insensitive munitions (IM) rocket motors

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Air Americas 

Canada to Formally Retire its CH-124 Sea King Helicopter Fleet Later This Year

September 22, 2018September 22, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Canada, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Helicopter, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) will formally retire its CH-124 Sea King helicopter fleet from service in late November/early

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