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Sevmash to provide technical assistance to India for INS Vikramaditya

Posted on April 16, 2015April 16, 2015 by alert5

Sevmash and the Indian Navy have signed a contract for technical assistance in the maintenance of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.

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ONR demonstrates low-cost swarming UAVs

Posted on April 15, 2015April 15, 2015 by alert5

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has successfully demonstrated swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of its Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) program.

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U.S. Navy will terminate X-47B flight test program after aerial refueling test

Posted on April 15, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has decided that it had collected enough data out of the X-47B program and will cease flight testing once aerial refueling testing is completed.

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USN has insufficient number of BMD ships to meet combatant commanders’ demands

Posted on April 14, 2015April 14, 2015 by alert5

U.S. combatant commanders around the world have been requesting for more BMD-capable cruisers and destroyers in the past few years. However, the U.S. Navy will soon be unable to meet those requests.

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