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The new Mina Salman Support Facility in Bahrain will not allow the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier to berth due to draught constraints.
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The Pentagon has given Pratt & Whitney two contracts to build 167 F135 engines to power the F-35. The ninth batch will produce 66 engines while the last contract is for 101 power plants.
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A design flaw has been discovered on the F-35, the jet’s fuel tanks could over-pressurize in certain flight profiles, Flight Global reports.
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USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) is scheduled to depart her homeport of Bremerton, Washington today to begin its first cruise in 2 1/2 years.
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U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said the current Foreign Military Sale (FMS) procedure “is long torturous process” and “very frustrating process for all parties involved.”
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