Rising costs of building USS Gerald R. Ford have been contained and might fall, the U.S. Navy program official overseeing construction of the new aircraft carrier told a news conference.
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Month: April 2012
Pentagon to test UAV sense-and-avoid technology in Fall
Sometime in September or October, a UAV will be testing sense-and-avoid technology over Lake Ontario.
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Delays with C-130J Block 7 pushing back retirement of RAF C-130K
The Royal Air Force’s C-130K will be forced to soldier on for a longer period due to delays with the Block 7 upgrade for the C-130J.
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C295 in South African for marketing tour
Airbus Military has brought its C295 twin turboprop aircraft to South Africa to be demonstrated to the South African Air Force.
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APKWS II deployed in Afghanistan
The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II program manager confirmed that the weapon has been deployed in Afghanistan with the U.S. Marines.
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