Bad resistors from a subcontractor forced Orbital ATK to halt the production of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) for five-weeks.
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Category: Navy
NGJ Inc 1 approved to enter Engineering & Manufacturing Development phase
The Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Increment 1 (Inc 1) has entered a new phase on Apr. 5 when Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, approved it to enter the Engineering & Manufacturing Development phase.
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USN officer had spied for Taiwan too
USNI News says Lt. Cmdr. Edward Chieh-Liang Lin, who is being charged for espionage, had been spying for Taiwan as well.
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Taiwan-born EP-3 NFO had spied for China
The identity of the U.S. Navy officer who was charged with espionage has been revealed. Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin, a Taiwan-born EP-3 signals intelligence specialist, was accused of spying for China, USNI News reported.
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Royal Canadian Navy fired Harpoon Block II at shore-based target
The Royal Canadian Navy has fired its Harpoon Block II anti-ship missile at a shore-based target for the first time.
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