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Agusta Westland has selected Thales as the supplier of compact dipping sonars to equip its Lynx light helicopters for export markets.
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According to an internal U.S. Navy memo obtained by the Washington Times, the Blue Angels could be grounded as part of a series of cuts that will be made due to sequestration.
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The upcoming deployment of USS Harry S. Truman on Feb. 8 has been pushed back due to looming sequestration cuts.
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Britain wasted £100 million when it switch temporarily to the F-35C, the House of Commons defence committee says.
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VAQ-132 has completed a six-month deployment at NAS Misawa and will be returning to NAS Whidbey Island. All in all, the squadron flew roughly 400 sorties and clock in more than 800 flight-hours.
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