HeyJaredSteve Trimble
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U.S. Air Force Seeks Defensive Upgrade For F-15EX | Aviation Week (opens the original)
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The U.S. Air Force opened a search on Sept. 29 for a missile warning system (MWS) for infrared-guided weapons on the Boeing F-15EX Eagle II. The Air Force decided to field the F-15EX initially without the BAE Systems AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS), which is found on Saudi and Qatari versions of the F-15E platform. The Eagle II still carries the BAE Enhanced Passive/Active Warning Survivability System for self-protection against radar-guided threats, but lacks the AAR-57 for detectin
NASA Asked Several Former SR-71A Staffers To Help Secret Restart | Aviation Week (opens the original)
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Mike Relja, a retiree in his late 70s, received an unexpected job offer from NASA about a month ago. The assignment: Help put a former NASA-operated Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird back in the air after a nearly 27-year hiatus. Relja, an ex-U.S. Air Force and NASA test engineer for the SR-71A, could not believe his ears. David Ash, a former U.S. Navy and Joby test pilot who was hired in June as a special projects director for NASA, asked Relja to provide his expertise for a secret effort to return a l
Air-launched Blackbeard Missile Shown In Flight Testing | Aviation Week (opens the original)
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An air-launched version of the hypersonic Castelion Blackbeard strike missile has reached the stage of at least captive carry testing on the Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet. A video released on Sept. 25 by the U.S. Navy’s program acquisition executive for aviation (PAE-Aviation) shows the two-stage missile in flight test by the VX-23 test and evaluation squadron. An F/A-18F carried a Blackbeard missile on the inboard pylon of each wing during the test. The video did not show either missile being rel
The Case Of The Missing Blackbird (opens the original)
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Emergency podcast: A special Lockheed SR-71A has gone missing after being displayed in front of a NASA facility for more than 26 years. Meanwhile, the NASA administrator is dropping hints that a new X-plane is in the works that happens to look a lot like a Blackbird. What's going on here? Editors Robert Wall, Graham Warwick and Steve Trimble explain what's going on—as far as they know today. Sign up to receive Aviation Week newsletters here: https://aviationweek.com/signup
Kratos/GE Team Launches Testing On First F143 Cruise Missile Engine | Aviation Week (opens the original)
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A new engine for stealthy U.S. cruise missiles in high demand has entered a ground test campaign, the Kratos/GE Aerospace team said Sept. 21. The F143-ZZ-100 engine is being developed as a second source to the Williams International F107 turbofan as the U.S. military plans to buy up to 11,200 copies of the Lockheed Martin AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) and AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) over the next five years. Serial Number 1 of the engine, als
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