F/A-18E/F to enter flight tests 600 pounds below specification weight
The U.S. Navy's newest F/A-18 variant will go into flight tests well below the design-to weight laid out in program specifications, leaving sufficient room to compensate for unknowns later on, a Navy official said. Capt. Joe Dyer, Naval Air Systems Command's F/A-18 program manager, said that...
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