The F-35C conducted its first carrier-based night flight operations aboard USS Nimitz on Nov. 13
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Category: Navy
DDG engage ballistic, cruise missile targets simultaneously with SM-3, SM-2s
USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully engage and destroy a short-range ballistic missile target plus two low-flying cruise missile targets over the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 6.
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VP-16 deployment to Japan affirm decision to drop MAD
Rear Admiral Cindy Jaynes told IHS Jane’s that the recent deployment by VP-16 to Kadena Air Base in Japan had validated the Navy’s decision not to install a magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) on the P-8A.
NH90 out of India’s naval helicopter contest
India has rejected the NH90 for its tender to supply 16 helicopters to the Navy. The other bidder left is Sikorsky with its S-70B helicopter.
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NAVAIR restarts competition to fit sense and avoid radar for MQ-4C
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has restarted the effort to install a sense and avoid system for the MQ-4C.
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