Russia’s Krylovsky State Research Center (KRSC) has shown its Project 23000E supercarrier design dubbed Shtorm.

Photo: Nikolai Novichkov

The 90-100,000 tons warship can carry between 80 to 90 aircraft. Aircraft are launched by both a ski-jump ramp and two electromagnetic catapults.

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The Moroccan armed forces announced that missing F-16 pilot Lt. Yassine Bahti was killed in Yemen.

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An aircraft has been dispatched to retrieve his remains.

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German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung says Berlin has decided to purchase with the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS).

However, the German defense ministry declined to comment on the report, saying a decision would be announced before the end of June.

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The P-8A Poseidon Integrated Test Team (ITT) successfully completed ground testing of air-to-air refueling using the boom receptacle over a seven-day period from May 11.

Photo: Boeing

The team worked 24 hours a day to transfer 400,000 pounds of fuel onto the aircraft.

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The U.S. Navy has declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the Block 2 version of the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) on May 15.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Larry S. Carlson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Airbus Helicopters’ H145M has been certified by the European EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) airworthiness authority, clearing the way for the military type approval and initial deliveries.

Its first customer is the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces), who has ordered 15 rotorcraft to be operated by the German Air Force. First deliveries for the second H145M customer, the Royal Thai Navy, will begin in 2016.

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Five students and three instructors from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School traveled to Textron Aviation’s Wichita, Kansas facilities to evaluate the Scorpion jet and AT-6 light attack aircraft.

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A total of 19 flights were successfully completed in four days – 12 demos on the Scorpion and seven on the AT-6.

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