Beriev Aircraft Scientific Center has received a patent for the design of a V-tail jet-powered aircraft capable of taking off from ski-jump equipped carriers.
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Category: Navy
Vietnam’s Kilo submarine test-firing 3M-54E anti-ship missile
The Vietnam Navy has released video footage from its first test-firing of the 3M-54E anti-ship cruise missile from a Kilo submarine.
Taiwan upgrading the range of various missiles
Taiwan is said to be making progress in upgrading the range of three types of indigenous missiles and the new missiles can enter production after 2020.
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USN MH-60S gunners suffering from chronic back injuries due to bad seat design
For several years, the U.S. Navy’s MH-60S community has been grappling with an issue with the gunner’s seat that has “directly contributed to medical groundings, degraded mission performance and a growing number of chronic back injuries among service members.”
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Watch the salvo-firing of Sea Ceptor air defense missile
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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