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The U.S. Air Force has given Lockheed Martin a $961 million, five-year, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the sustainment and upgrades for its fleet of 683 Sniper pods.
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MBDA announced that the Royal Navy has completed the final First of Class firing trials of the new Sea Ceptor air defence system.
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Vice Adm. Tom Moore, commander of Naval Sea Systems Command, told USNI News that the service is keen to execute a two carrier block-buy to save time and money.
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Wahl (PCU Facebook Page of USS Gerald R. Ford) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Boeing has unveiled its unmanned aerial tanker that it will use for competing in the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 competition on Dec. 19.
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Boeing photo by Eric Shindelbower
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The Bell V-280 tilt-rotor made its first un-tethered free flight on Dec. 18.