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F-35B successfully completes wet runway, crosswind testing

In an important program milestone enabling U.S. Marines Corps Initial Operational Capability certification, the Lockheed Martin F-35B recently completed required wet runway and crosswind testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

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Engineers developing safer, more accurate tracer round

Engineers at Picatinny Arsenal are researching a way to develop a new type of tracer round that not only would perform its function during the day as well as night, but also improve shooter accuracy and keep soldiers safer by reducing their visual signature.

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Katherine Lott awarded NASA Armstrong employee scholarship

The NASA Armstrong Employee Exchange Council has presented its 2014 Joseph R. Vensel Memorial Scholarship Award to Katherine Lott.

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NASA selects instruments to track climate impact on vegetation

NASA has selected proposals for two new instruments that will observe changes in global vegetation from the International Space Station. The sensors will give scientists new ways to see how forests and ecosystems are affected by changes in climate or land use change.

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Tyndall AFB takes F-22 pilot training to next level

The Air Force’s ability to continue developing a fifth generation fighter aircraft fleet ready to meet the challenges of future warfare, hinges in large part, on a steady influx of capable and trained F-22 Raptor pilots.

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Boeing delivers Canada’s first CH-147F Chinook helicopter

Posted  June 28, 2013

Boeing delivered the first of 15 new CH-147F Chinook helicopters to the Royal Canadian Air Force June 21, making Canada the operator of one of the most capable Chinook variants delivered to the global market.

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Concentration camp survivor to fighter pilot: ‘Freedom a beautiful thing’

Posted  June 28, 2013

From concentration camp survivor to fighter pilot in the world's greatest Air Force

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News Briefs June 26, 2013

Posted  June 26, 2013

U.S. IDs Vietnam War soldier remains The Pentagon says it has accounted for a northern Michigan soldier whose helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War. The POW/Missing Personnel Office said June 25 that Army Spec. 5 John L. Burgess of Suttons Bay was crew chief aboard the helicopter that crashed June 30, 1970. The…

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Posted  June 26, 2013

News Army lays out plans to remove 80,000 soldiers; base communities brace for impacts The Army announced a massive restructuring of its force Tuesday, slashing 12 combat brigades and affecting military communities from Georgia to Washington state, as it prepares to cut 80,000 active-duty soldiers from its ranks over the next four years. Business Bombardier…

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Lockheed Martin’s final JLTV development vehicle rolls off assembly line

Posted  June 26, 2013

The final Lockheed Martin Joint Light Tactical Vehicle produced for the program’s Engineering, Manufacturing and Development phase has rolled off the assembly line, joining a fleet of previously completed vehicles that will be delivered for government testing and evaluation this summer. The Lockheed Martin team produced a total of 22 JLTV test vehicles, which were…

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Third F-35 for the U.K. Arrives at Eglin Air Force Base

Posted  June 26, 2013

The third Lockheed Martin F-35B Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing Lightning II for the United Kingdom arrived at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., June 25 where it will be used for pilot and maintainer training. U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Roger Hardy piloted the aircraft known as BK-3 (ZM137) on its 90-minute ferry flight from the Lockheed…

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Northrop Grumman awards two San Gabriel Valley area students $10,000 engineering scholarships

Posted  June 26, 2013

AZUSA, Calif. – Northrop Grumman announced June 25 two winners of its annual Engineering Scholars program for graduating San Gabriel Valley-area high school seniors planning to pursue a career in engineering, computer science, physics or math. Each student will receive $10,000 over four years. “Northrop Grumman is honored to sponsor this scholarship competition that enables…

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Israel receives First C-130J Super Hercules: ‘Shimshon’

Posted  June 26, 2013

Lockheed Martin delivered the State of Israel’s first C-130J Super Hercules airlifter during a ceremony June 26 at its Aeronautics Company’s production facility in Marietta, Ga. This is first of three C-130Js currently on order for the Israeli Air Force, which has operated legacy C-130s since 1971. The IAF has bestowed the nickname “Shimshon” on…

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Raytheon delivers first NASAMS High Mobility Launcher to Norway

Posted  June 26, 2013

Raytheon has delivered the first High Mobility Launcher for Norway’s National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System to provide Norway with advanced air defense capability. When time is of the essence to protect high-value assets and populations, the HML significantly reduces the time required to transport and ready the system. “The Royal Norwegian Air Force is the…

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Lockheed Martin wins U.S. Army helicopter maintenance program

Posted  June 26, 2013

Lockheed Martin has received an aircraft maintenance and logistics contract with an initial funding value of $5 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., to provide field and sustainment-level maintenance for U.S. Army helicopters. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will lead the Army’s Regional Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Central Operations at Fort Campbell,…

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First Image of the Moon Taken by a U.S. Spacecraft

 
Ranger 7 took this image, the first picture of the moon by a U.S. spacecraft, on July 31, 1964 at 13:09 UT (9:09 AM EDT), about 17 minutes before impacting the lunar surface. The area photographed is centered at 13 S, 10 W and covers about 360 km from top to bottom. The large crater at center right is the 108 km diameter Alphonsus. Above it is Ptolemaeus and below it Arzachel. The terminator is at the bottom right corner. Mare Nubium is at center and left. North is at about 11:00 at the center of the frame. The Ranger 7 impact site is off the frame, to the left of the upper left corner.  The Ranger series of spacecraft were designed solely to take high-quality pictures of the moon and transmit them back to Earth in real time. The images were to be used for scientific study, as well as selecting landing sites for the Apollo moon missions. Ranger 7 was the first of the Ranger series to be entirely successful. It transmitted 4,308 high-quality images over the last 17 minutes of flight, the final image having a resolution of 0.5 meter/pixel. Ranger 7 was launched July 28, 1964 and arrived at the moon on July 31, 1964. > Moon Mission 50-Year Anniversary: A Vintage Look Back Image Credit: NASA
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