Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) has procured a commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) to demonstrate long-range naval ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore cargo transport.
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TCTS II pod completes initial hardware qualification testing
The next-generation air combat training system for the U.S. Navy recently completed testing aboard a Super Hornet at NAS Patuxent River.
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CVN 68 to join Indian aircraft carrier Vikramaditya for exercise next week
Phase two of Exercise Malabar 2020 will take place from Nov. 17 which will see the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group pair up with Indian Navy aircraft carrier Vikramaditya for joint war games.
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Future CO of CVN 74 has landed on 6 classes of aircraft carriers
Capt. Cassidy “Dudley” Norman, the next Commanding Officer of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), recently trapped and catapult from USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during his carrier qualification (CQ). The Ford was the sixth class of aircraft carrier that Norman had flown from.
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Canada buys 100 SM-2 Block IIIC missiles for the Canadian Surface Combatant ships
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has informed Congress on Nov. 5 that Canada will be buying 100 SM-2 Block IIIC air defense intercetors.
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