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Mar 26, 2020
A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, pulled into Guam during a deployment because of a growing outbreak of the novel coronavirus spreading among sailors throughout the decks.
Mar 26, 2020
Germany will make a split buy of Eurofighters and U.S.-made F/A-18 Super Hornets to replace its aging Panavia Tornadoes, media reports have suggested.
Mar 26, 2020
Britain’s Royal Air Force has suspended all flying displays as the COVID-19 pandemic hits major public events and airshows across the UK and Europe.
Mar 25, 2020
Bell and Sikorsky have been chosen to enter the second phase of design and testing potential replacements for AH-64 Apaches used for armed reconnaissance.
Mar 25, 2020
A portion of a $2 trillion spending bill to provide relief to a nation reeling from the novel coronavirus pandemic would provide $10.5 billion in additional funding for the U.S. military.
Mar 25, 2020
Although F-35 Joint Strike Fighter test operations had to cease March 25 because of the novel coronavirus, the U.S. military has not seen “anything major” that would delay full-rate production, the Navy acquisition executive says.
Mar 24, 2020
The U.S. Navy’s multibillion-dollar aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has a certified flight deck and carrier air traffic control center (CATCC), making the warship eligible to qualify pilots.
Mar 24, 2020
Piaggio Aerospace has extended the deadline for potential buyers to submit expressions of interest in the business from April 3 to May 4 because of the ongoing emergency caused by the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, it said.