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Travels restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic forced engineers to come up with a video conference solution to allow participants at four locations to evaluate the latest build of the U.S. Navy’s C/KC-130T Avionics Obsolescence Upgrade (AOU) software configuration.
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A U.S. Navy F/A-18F, BuNo 166464, that has sat idle at NAS Lemoore for more than 8 years has flown again on Apr. 19.
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The Pentagon has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a contract for LHA 9, the fourth American-class amphibious assault ship and the second LHA(R) Flight 1 ship.
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The European FREMM multipurpose frigate as been selected as the design for the U.S. Navy’s Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) program.
WASHINGTON (April 30, 2020) An artist rendering of the guided-missile frigate FFG(X). The new small surface combatant will have multi-mission capability to conduct air warfare, anti-submarine warfare, surface warfare, electronic warfare, and information operations. (U.S. Navy graphic/Released)
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