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The MQ-8B deployed on board USS Coronado (LCS-4) is the first to be equipped with the new AN/ZPY-4(V)1 radar. Previously, the unmanned helicopter was fitted with the RDR-1700 maritime surveillance radar under an urgent requirement.
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The first trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise by Japan, South Korea and United States will see two MQ-9s joining the hunt for ballistic missiles.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Ridgeway [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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According to the Nikkei, Vietnam has informally approached Japan on the possibility of acquiring P-3Cs that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) will be retiring.
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The U.S. Office of Naval Research has accumulated enough experience to bring its swarming UAV concept out to sea for testing next month.
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The new Russian Zagon-2 depth charge is being integrated on the Mi-14 anti-submarine helicopter, Techmash Concern’s CEO Sergei Rusakov told RIA Novosti.
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