A submerged U.S. Navy submarine will launch a unmanned aerial vehicle in next year’s RIMPAC exercise.
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RAAF to keep legacy Hornets flying till 2021
The RAAF is expected to keep its F/A-18A/B in service until 2021 due to delays with the F-35 program.
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Airborne Laser program comes to an end
The Boeing Airborne Laser platform will finally be mothballed and the Pentagon will replace it with a new generation of lasers that could operate on unmanned aerial vehicles at very high altitudes.
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USN MH-60S crashed, crew safe
A MH-60S from NAS Fallon went down Thursday morning near the Mountain Warfare Training Center. All five on board were able to walk away from the crash.
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Germany says confiscated Patriots were legal shipment
A German military official said Thursday that a shipment of 69 Patriot missiles there were seized in Finland was a legitimate delivery from Germany to South Korea.
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