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The U.S. Navy cannot award a second multi-year production contact for the V-22 as the 2013 defense appropriations bill is still not law.
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The U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated the dual targeting capability of the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 recently.
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The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon successfully completed a fit check of the GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II on the F-35.
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The U.S. Navy’s Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program, aka TOPGUN, is at NAS Pensacola for two weeks.
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The first F-35 class conducted at Eglin Air Force Base has started.
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