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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.
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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).
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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.
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The Israeli Navy has successfully tested the C-Dome, the sea-based version of the Iron Dome, from one of its surface ships.
The U.S. Navy is busy creating a “kill web” offensive anti-surface network that will allow its aircraft and ships to strike surface targets by sharing the targeting information.
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