Russian nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky tested its missile defense capability during its current cruise in the Arctic, Izvestia newspaper said on Thursday.
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SM6 destroys anti-ship missile target with help from JLENS
An integrated test conducted by the U.S. Army and Navy on Sept. 21 saw the Raytheon JLENS aerostat provide targeting information to a Standard Missile-6, enabling the weapon to successfully engage an anti-ship cruise missile target.
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YouTube: Preview of Varyag’s commissioning ceremony
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USN Fire Scout detachment in Afghanistan returns home
The majority of the U.S. Navy’s personnel from the Fire Scout detachment in Afghanistan returned to the U.S. last month. The detachment will revert back to a government-owned, contractor-operated unit.
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Northrop Grumman to develop navigation system for Super Hornet, Growler
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a competitive prototyping contract by Boeing to develop an embedded global positioning/inertial navigation system (EGI) for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft.
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