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The Pentagon has been forced to admit that the final hurdle to clear the F-35 for full rate production will not happen until 2018, as predicted by its director of operational test and evaluation.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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USS John Paul Jones was used to validate the ability of the Aegis Baseline 9 to track Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) targets within the Earth’s atmosphere recently.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joseph Pol Sebastian Gocong (http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=56387) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The first commanding officer of the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has taken command of the ship on May 24 at Portsmouth Naval Base.
Photo: Royal Navy
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Huntington Ingalls Industries was awarded a $152 million contract on May 23 for advance planning for the construction of future aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 80).
By U.S. Navy (U.S. Department of Defense) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Frustrated with a lack of photographic and video evidence showing reckless Chinese and Russian intercepts of U.S spy planes, the Naval Research Laboratory has come to the rescue with a prototype Common Airborne Situational Awareness (CASA) camera pod.
Photo: NRL
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