A cargo ship with 12 MV-22s on board has departed San Diego for Japan.
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U.S. officially notifies Tokyo of MV-22 deployment
Tokyo has been officially notified by the U.S. government on its plan to deploy the MV-22 to Japan.
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MBDA unveils high-subsonic standoff weapon for F-35
At the Farnborough airshow, MBDA will showcase its new Spear air-to-surface weapon for the F-35.
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AN/AAQ-37 and AN/APG-81 demonstrated ballistic missile detection, tracking and targeting abilities
Northrop Grumman’s AN/AAQ-37 distributed aperture system (DAS) and AN/APG-81 radar recently demonstrated the ability to detect, track and target ballistic missiles.
Second-generation MV-22 Osprey pilot
1st Lt. Jerrod Hammes from the U.S. Marine Corps is the first second-generation MV-22 pilot. His father, Gerald Hammes, was the second Marine to pilot the V-22 prototype in 1990.
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