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Search and rescue forces were looking Wednesday morning for the two-man crew of a Navy EA-18G Growler electronic warfare fighter that crashed near Mount Rainier in Washington on Tuesday. A Navy MH-60S helicopter and other search and rescue crews launched soon after the crash to search for the crew and examine the crash site.
A Navy spokesperson told Task & Purpose Wednesday that search and rescue efforts were “ongoing.”
The Navy released no details on the crash other than that the plane went down during a “routine training missing” just after 3 p.m. on Tuesday.
General Dynamics Mission Systems has integrated its electronic warfare kit into the Infantry Squad Vehicle, the first such capability to be outfitted to the light utility platform.
The electronic warfare kit is part of the Tactical Electronic Warfare System-Infantry Brigade Combat Team, or TEWS-I, which was initially a quick-reaction capability built by General Dynamics, providing a smaller system designed for infantry vehicles.
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The Army is poised to downselect to one platform vendor for the next phase of its robotic combat vehicle program, but in the future the service may hold another round of industry competition as it looks for additional capabilities, according to a leader of the initiative.
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Although progress is being made at a technical level, problems arise in the effective fielding of hypersonic capabilities.
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Germany’s Rheinmetall and Italian company Leonardo and have formed a JV to develop and produce military combat vehicles.
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to develop the Gen 3 RFI / RWR APR-48B system for the US Army’s Apache helicopter fleet.
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