The Northrop Grumman-built MQ-4 Triton unmanned aircraft system completed its first flight May 22 from the company’s manufacturing facility in Palmdale, California.
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Category: Navy
Defense Acquisition Board approves SM-6 full-rate production
The U.S. Defense Acquisition Board has approved full-rate production of Raytheon’s Standard Missile-6.
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Ark Royal heads for scrap yard
Former British aircraft carrier Ark Royal has left Portsmouth for the final time to be scrapped in Turkey.
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USAF may move F-35A IOC earlier
The U.S. Air Force may set the F-35A’s initial operational capability, or IOC in mid-2016, a year earlier than planned.
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Russia sents new batch of Yakhont anti-ship missiles to Syria
U.S. officials say Russia has supplied Syria with a more advance version of the Yakhont anti-ship missile.
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