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, ...

Fifteen months after the Black Hawks entered service to replace the troubled MRH-90 Taipan, the Australian Army declared initial operating capability (IOC) with the Sikorsky UH-60M. To date, 12 ...

Australian Army soldiers and aviators conduct helicopter insertion and extraction training as part of UH-60M Black Hawk introduction into service activities in September 2024. (CPL Robert ...

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 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 ...

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 ...