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Leaders of Japan and the Philippines have agreed to explore the transfer of Japanese military equipment to Philippines.
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The Royal Thai Navy has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Transport Ministry to upgrade the commercial airport at U-Tapao naval air base.
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NAVAIR announced that a P-8A equipped with the new APS-154 Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS) radar has made its first flight on May 20.
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The top U.S. Navy official on aircraft carrier design, Rear Adm. Tom Moore, will lead a team to India later this month to advice India on the design of its next aircraft carrier.
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U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said he would like to see Northrop Grumman’s X-47B carry out more testing in the interim while the service waits for the UCLASS program to proceed.
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