For the Record

0 Comments | Naval Aviation News, March, 2001 | by Wendy Leland

The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., announced in January that the Navy ordered a sixth C-40A Clipper.

In January, Newport News Shipbuilding, Va., announced receipt of a Navy contract for design and construction of the 10th Nimitz-class ship, CVN 77, which is expected to incorporate new technologies as a transition to the next-generation aircraft carrier.

On 31 January, the Naval Air Systems Command ordered all Navy and Marine Corps F/A-18A, B, C and D models to be inspected for cracks in the wing fold transmission system attaching lugs, after routine inspections revealed aircraft with corroded or cracked lugs.

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