Defense ‘Friendly fire’ shoots down US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet in Red Sea A Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) was shot… Ricardo MeierDecember 22, 2024 Read More
Defense F-35C Naval Fighter Tests With AGM-158C Anti-Ship Missiles The U.S. Navy is testing an F-35C fighter carrying two AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) as part of… Ricardo MeierSeptember 25, 2024 Read More
Defense Boeing delivers first two F/A-18 Block III fighters with extended service life Boeing has completed the upgrade of the first two F/A-18 Super Hornet Block II fighters to Block III.… Ricardo MeierJune 28, 2024 Read More
Defense Fujian vs and Gerald R. Ford: new aircraft carrier compared The Chinese Navy’s Fujian aircraft carrier began its first sea trials in recent days, marking the first opportunity… Ricardo MeierMay 12, 2024 Read More
Defense Nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington will return to South America The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) will visit South America in the coming months, the U.S. 4th… Ricardo MeierApril 8, 2024 Read More
Defense Boeing wins contract to supply 17 more F/A-18E/F fighters to the US Navy The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter gained a two-year lifespan with a new acquisition contract by the US Navy… Ricardo MeierMarch 20, 2024 Read More
History Former US President George Bush was an aviator and had its plane shot down in World War II After Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii, in 1941, which put the United States in World… Ricardo MeierMarch 20, 2024 Read More
Defense US Navy removes from sea the P-8A Poseidon jet that exceeded runway limits in Hawaii The US Navy (USN) finally managed to remove from the sea a Boeing P-8A Poseidon that had overshot… Ricardo MeierDecember 5, 2023 Read More
Defense The world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise will be dismantled by the end of the decade The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in history, the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) will be dismantled at a private shipyard,… Ricardo MeierSeptember 16, 2023 Read More
Defense Sikorsky awarded US Navy order for 35 new CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters The US Navy signed a contract with Sikorsky to receive an additional 35 CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters, valued at… Ricardo MeierAugust 25, 2023 Read More
Defense US Navy awards Textron with order for 64 King Air turboprops Textron Aviation Group announced on Thursday that it has been awarded a US Navy contract to supply up… Thiago VinholesFebruary 17, 2023 Read More
Defense Lockheed Martin awarded $7.6 billion contract to produce 129 F-35 fighter jets The US Department of Defense awarded Lockheed Martin a new contract to purchase 129 F-35 Lightning II fighter… Ricardo MeierAugust 13, 2022 Read More
Defense US Navy F/A-18 fighter jet escaped from aircraft carrier deck during storm The nuclear aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) experienced an unusual episode on Friday, July 8th. One… Ricardo MeierJuly 12, 2022 Read More
Defense US Navy manages to recover F-35C that sank in China Sea The United States Navy announced that it had recovered the Lockheed Martin F-35C fighter jet that crashed after… Ricardo MeierMarch 4, 2022 Read More
Defense US Navy reveals more details on future F/A-XX fighter The US Navy brought more details about the NGAD (Next Generation Air Dominance) program, which will give rise… Ricardo MeierOctober 30, 2021 Read More
Defense US Navy takes delivery of the first operational Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet Boeing delivered the first operational F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III fighter to the US Navy. The new variant… Ricardo MeierSeptember 27, 2021 Read More
Defense USS Gerald R. Ford undergoes first explosive shock trial On Friday, the US Navy’s new nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) came within… Ricardo MeierJune 20, 2021 Read More
Defense MQ-25 tanker drone performs first aerial refueling Boeing announced that the MQ-25 T1 tanker drone performed an aerial refueling for the first time in history.… Ricardo MeierJune 7, 2021 Read More
Defense US Navy receives the first Osprey for its aircraft carriers The US Navy received the first CMV-22B Osprey on Monday. The tilt-rotor aircraft, which already operates in the… Ricardo MeierJune 25, 2020 Read More
Defense P-8 Poseidon becomes the most delivered 737 by Boeing in the last 12 months While bitter successive delays in delivering the 737 Max to its civilian customers, Boeing has at least managed… Ricardo MeierMay 19, 2020 Read More