Naval ships and submarines all come with a designation that generally describes what they do and other key specifications.

But what do the letters and numbers in the rest of the helicopter's name — "CH-47 ... Within the Aircraft Designation System, the second alphabet (which is optional) would indicate the type ...

The first letter of NATO reporting names is meant to ... unlike the naming convention adopted by the U.S. military for its airplanes in the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation ...

Boeing’s T-7A Red Hawk trainer jet will be the first aircraft to receive the new eSeries designator, Barrett said. “The eT-7 is just the first in our vision of a long line of e-planes and e ...

T he US Navy has revealed the new designation for the E-6B Mercury's replacement will be 'E-130J.' A procurement contract for the aircraft - a variant of Lockheed Martin's C-130J Super Hercules ...

GA-ASI's Gambit, now designated YFQ-42A. (GA-ASI) The US Air Force (USAF) has assigned official designations to its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) models, General David Allvin, the service's ...