Nimitz Reaches 350K Arrested Landings
The oldest active aircraft carrier in the Navy, the USS Nimitz, reached 350,000 arrested plane landings in nearly a half-century, on Saturday, when an F/A-18F Super Hornet touched down on the deck.
Navy Tests Cutting-Edge V-BAT Drone
The US Navy sent its expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Spearhead to sea to experiment with a number of cutting-edge technologies, including MartinUAV’s V-BAT drone. V-BAT is capable of vertical takeoff and landings while also retaining the high efficiency of a fixed-wing aircraft for long-endurance missions.
