According to USNI News, the U.S. Navy is contemplating using the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) aircraft as an aerial refueling tanker.
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First P-8A training mission in South Korea
Exercise Foal Eagle 2014 gave the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft its first training mission in South Korea from Mar. 27-31.
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MH-60S ready to employ APKWS
A modernized, digital rocket launcher was delivered to HSC-15 under an urgent operational needs statement (UONS) for the MH-60S to quickly gain the ability to fire the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS).
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USN wants to train pilots by firing MANPADS surrogate at them
The U.S. Navy has quietly posted a request for information to contractors to supply a Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missile surrogate.
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USN planning full and open competition for anti-ship missile
Despite giving Lockheed Martin a contract for an air-launched long-range anti-ship, the U.S. Navy is still planning to hold an open competition for a anti-ship missile around fiscal 2017.
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