The achievement of the IOC follows the first combat deployment of NGJ-MB with VAQ-133’s EA-18Gs embarked aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has disclosed on Jan. 6, ...

The IOC (Initial Operational Capability) was achieved after 2,600 flight hours, as the joint F-35B component is embarked aboard Cavour aircraft carrier currently involved in her first Indo-Pacific ...

SINGAPORE—The Australian Army’s Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters have attained initial operating capability (IOC), 15 months after the aircraft were delivered. The Australian Defense Department ...

The Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk has attained initial operating capability (IOC) with the Australian army. The milestone comes 15 months after the new rotorcraft entered service in 2023, with the type ...

The Navy “failed to effectively manage the operational capabilities” of the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft program, declaring Initial Operation Capability (IOC) before undergoing an initial testing ...

The U.S. Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopter has achieved initial operating capability (IOC) with the 1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion. “This is our initial operations capabilities check,” ...

The British Army's Ajax AFV has reached IOC with the Household Cavalry Regiment. (UK MoD/Jack Eckersley) The British Army's Ajax armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) has reached initial operational ...

Lieutenant General Holger Neumann at the AWS-G IOC ceremony. (Bundeswehr/Francis Hildemann) The Bundeswehr declared the initial operational capability (IOC) of the Luftwaffe's Arrow Weapon ...

The Navy’s new unmanned tanker won’t be ready until 2027—another delay for a program that has struggled with design and production problems. The MQ-25 Stingray was originally supposed to reach initial ...