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First X-47B Catapult Launch from USS George H.W. Bush
USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, at sea (NNS) — The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia today.
“Today we saw a… Continue reading
MQ-8B exceeds 8,000 hour milestone aboard USS Bradley
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After exceeding the 8,000-flight-hour mark Friday, an MQ-8B Fire Scout assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 Detachment 5 prepares to land aboard USS Robert G. Bradley for a “hot pump” and re-launch while conducting maritime intelligence, surveillance and… Continue reading
Fire Scout breaks endurance records on USS Klakring deployment
The Navy’s fourth Fire Scout detachment returned to Mayport, Fla. on Dec. 1 after achieving several milestones during its five-month deployment aboard USS Klakring (FFG 42).
The Fire Scout unmanned helicopter detachment logged more than 500 flight hours in the… Continue reading
4 Fire Scouts to increase maritime surveillance aboard USS Klakring
Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 42 deployed with four Fire Scouts aboard frigate USS Klakring (FFG 42) June 29 in support of operations off the Horn of Africa.
With a record number of Fire Scouts aboard the guided missile frigate,… Continue reading
Trailblazing Lightning II test pilot hits the road
“Lightning 8” is signing off, at least for now.
The senior F-35 military test pilot who ensured the safe execution of flight test from the delivery of the first F-35B in 2009 and sea trials on USS Wasp (LHD 1)… Continue reading
Rolls-Royce receives $315 million contract to supply LiftSystem technology for F-35B
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has received a contract for $315 Million from Pratt & Whitney to supply the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem® for 17 F-35B Lightning II aircraft.
Rolls-Royce is the only company in the world to produce the advanced… Continue reading
USS Simpson and Fire Scout set sail for Africa
The MQ-8B Fire Scout, the Navy’s only unmanned aircraft to operate on land and at sea, departed Jan. 17 from Mayport, Fla., aboard USS Simpson (FFG 56) for a six-month deployment to western Africa.
Personnel from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light… Continue reading
F-35B completes first sea trials on USS Wasp
The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) heads back toward homeport Oct. 21 after spending three weeks at sea hosting the initial sea trials of the F-35B Lightning II, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
The first F-35B landed on Wasp‘s… Continue reading
F-35B completes successful initial shipboard vertical landing aboard USS Wasp
ABOARD USS WASP, At sea – The Navy and Marine Corps team made more remarkable naval aviation history today as the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) test aircraft BF-2 landed safely on USS Wasp’s (LHD 1) flight deck, the first… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Fire Scout Completes Successful At-Sea Deployment
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 17, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)-built MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was credited with providing critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support to special operations forces and U.S. Navy anti-piracy… Continue reading
USS Halyburton, Embarked Fire Scout UAVs Complete Deployment
From Naval Station Mayport Public Affairs
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (NNS) — USS Halyburton (FFG 40), its two Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 42, Det. 2, returned to Naval Station Mayport Aug. 3, completing a… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Completes Main Mast Installation on USS Theodore Roosevelt
Northrop Grumman Corporation completed a significant work performance milestone on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) with the installation of the final section of the ship’s main mast today.
The carrier is undergoing a refueling and complex… Continue reading