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USS Gerald R. Ford accepts first Advanced Weapons Elevator

Posted on January 20, 2019January 20, 2019 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has accepted USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) first Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) on Dec. 21.

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Jan. 16, 2019) Chief Machinist’s Mate Franklin Pollydore, second from left, from Georgetown, Guyana, goes over safety procedures for the Upper Stage 1 advanced weapons elevator with Sailors from USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) weapons department. The elevator is the first to be delivered to the ship and marks a major milestone for Ford and the entire Ford-class of aircraft carriers. Ford is currently undergoing its post-shakedown availability at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeff Troutman/Released)

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SM-2 Block IIIC will have anti-surface capability

Posted on January 17, 2019November 6, 2020 by alert5

H/T to @MIL_STD for providing to the graphic. The U.S. Navy intends to upgrade the SM-2 missile to Block IIIC and this upgraded missile will have an anti-surface capability.

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Japan, South Korea held talks in Singapore over P-1 radar lock incident

Posted on January 17, 2019 by alert5

Defense officials from Japan and South Korea met in Singapore on Jan. 14 to try resolve their differences over an alleged radar lock on a Japanese P-1 maritime patrol aircraft by a South Korean destroyer.

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Spanish frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez arrives in Norfolk for COMPUTEX with CVN 72

Posted on January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 by alert5

Spanish navy frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez arrived in Norfolk on Jan. 14 and the warship will soon join the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) for Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX).

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Australia and U.S. to kick off Exercise Sea Dragon in Guam today

Posted on January 14, 2019 by alert5

Four U.S. and one Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-8A Poseidons will be conducting flight operations in Guam from Jan. 14 under Exercise Sea Dragon.

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