The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Monday
awarded funding to three contractors for the first phase of the
Organic Air Vehicle – II (OAV-II) program to develop a
prototype ducted fan Class II unmanned aerial vehicle for the
Army’s Future Force Unit of Action.
Marines Osprey Training Squadron 'Aims High' With Air Force
Beneath Its Wings
In a re-activation ceremony held inside the joint Marine
Tiltrotor Test and Evaluation Squadron-22 and Marine Medium
Tiltrotor Training Squadron-204 hangar Dec. 2, Air Force Detachment
1, 58th Operations Group, was reborn.
Highly Realistic, Full Mission Training Simulation System
At the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education
Conference (I/ITSEC) Tuesday, Silicon Graphics said Link Simulation
and Training, a division of L-3 Communications, has purchased six
SGI Onyx high-performance graphics supercomputers to power a
state-of-the-art training system for the Canadian Air Force’s
CF-18 Advanced Distributed Combat Training System (ADCTS)
program.
Raytheon Company has received a $158 million contract for
continued production of AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range air-to-air
missiles and support materials. The contract includes 443
all-up-round AIM-9X tactical missiles, 153 AIM-9X training missiles
and support equipment. The award was made by the US Naval Air
Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD.
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