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France may scuttle Russia’s 2 Mistral-class LHDs

Posted on May 7, 2015May 7, 2015 by alert5

French daily Le Figaro reported that Paris may consider scuttling the two Mistral-class LHDs that were ordered by Russia.

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Lockheed Martin wants X-47B testing to continue

Posted on May 7, 2015 by alert5

Bob Ruszkowski, Lockheed Martin’s director of advanced air dominance and unmanned systems strategy, said the industry and the U.S. Navy will benefit from further testing of the X-47B.

By Alan Radecki [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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USN needs to find new brains for Aegis Combat System as IBM server line sold to Lenovo

Posted on May 6, 2015May 6, 2015 by alert5

The Aegis Combat System’s Baseline 9 combat system upgrade is powered by IBM’s x86 BladeCenter HT server. The U.S. Navy is now looking for another vendor to replace that unit after IBM sold its server line to Lenovo.

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