Royal Navy Lieutenant Alan Wootton landed his MV-22 on HMS Illustrious four times when the British carrier passed the USS Kearsarge on Sept. 20 in the Red Sea.
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Category: Navy
Lawmakers want USN to reexamine UCLASS approach
U.S. Reps. Randy Forbes and Mike McIntyre, the chairman and ranking members of the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee, have wrote a letter to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus urging him not to turn UCLASS into a counter-terrorism tool.
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SM-3 Block IB successful intercept of most complex target to date
USS Lake Erie successfully engaged a complex separating short-range ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 18.
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U.S. offers EMALS to India
Visiting U.S. deputy secretary of defense Ashton Carter told his Indian counterparts that the U.S. is willing to share the Electro Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) technology under the Defense Technology Initiative.
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F-35B’s tires are wearing out too fast
Dunlop tires on the F-35B is wearing out too soon and a new tire will be introduced next year to fix the problem.
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