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Admiral: Next Navy Helos Will Be Mix of Manned, Unmanned
April 1, 2021 5:34 PM
An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 performs ground turns aboard the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) in May 2015. US Navy photo
The Navy is pursuing both manned and unmanned platforms for the aircraft that will replace its rotary-wing fleet, according to a service official.
Rear Adm. Gregory Harris, who leads the chief of naval operation’s air warfare directorate (OPNAV N98), said during a Navy League breakfast this week that the service’s Future Vertical Lift program will include a family of systems, an approach similar to the one it’s taking for the Next Generation Air Dominance program.
Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Sustains Engine Damage After Hitting a Bird
An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Gladiators of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 conducts airshow practice at Naval Air Station Oceana Jan. 15, 2020. (Caledon Rabbipal/U.S. Navy)
1 Apr 2021
A Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet sustained engine damage earlier this month from a bird strike during a routine flight.
The pilot and weapons systems officer were unharmed and were able to land the two-seater jet following the March 22 mishap, said Lt. Cmdr. Robert Myers, public affairs officer for Naval Air Force Atlantic.
The F/A-18, from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106, out of Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, was conducting a low flight near Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, according to a Naval Safety Center report.
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(Tribune News Service) From the fantail of USS Gerald R.
Ford, as F/A-18s roar past a few yards overhead, Chief Warrant Officer
Todd Williamson was testing the carrier’s last line of defense. Making sure the Close-in Weapons System Mount 23 a combination multiple-barrel cannon, capable of firing 4,500 rounds a minute, tied to radar and computers can do its job of knocking down missiles or aircraft is just one part of one of the last big tasks in the carrier’s year-and-half long post-delivery test and trial period. Williamson and his team are in the midst of combat systems qualifications making sure Ford’s guns, radar, communications and command and control systems can do what the
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