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Media outlets in Brazil and U.K. are reporting that the British is in talks to sell helicopter carrier HMS Ocean to Brazil for $100 million.
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Seapower magazine spoke to the team at General Atomics (GA) which is competing for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A unmanned aerial tanker program and they are confident that the company’s Sea Avenger solution will meet the navy’s needs.
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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told the Virginian-Pilot that it will be “very difficult” to get funding for upgrading Naval Station Mayport so that a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can homeport there.
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The MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter has completed its first series of testing aboard a littoral combat ship (LCS).
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There might be further changes to the U.S. Navy’s requirements for a new frigate with a study group being commissioned to examine adding air defense capability to the requirements.
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