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Once HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales enters service, each aircraft carrier will be able to accommodate 910 Marines and aviation personnel, Defense procurement minister Philip Dunne said.
Photo: HMS Gannet/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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HSC-84, based in Norfolk, will be inactivated in March, the U.S. Navy has decided. The unit is one of two helicopter squadrons in the sailing branch that are dedicated to Special Operations support as a primary role.
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Spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on its website that none of its vessels fired rockets near American aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman.
By U.S. Navy photo by Jeffrey G. Katz. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Spokesman for China’s Ministry of Defense, Senior Col. Yang Yujun, has confirmed during a press conference today that the country’s second aircraft carrier is under construction.
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Qinetiq North America has won a $16 million contract to supply control hardware and software for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System(EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) to be installed on USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)
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