HMS Illustrious left Portsmouth on Monday and Apache attack helicopters and Chinooks landed on board the ship that night.
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First crew member of HMS Queen Elizabeth named
Leading Hand Claire Butler, a Middlesbrough woman, has become the first crew member of the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.
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NAVAIR buys additional 22 Kestrel Surveillance Systems
NAVAIR has given Logos Technologies $111.8 million for an additional 22 Kestrel wide-area persistent surveillance systems.
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China refutes claim that its firebricks caused INS Vikramaditya’s boilers to fail
China has refuted claims by United Russian Shipbuilding Corporation that the boilers on board INS Vikramaditya failed due to shoddy firebricks sourced from China.
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Two U.S. aircraft carriers converge around Spartlys
Two U.S. Navy carrier strike groups are currently operating around South China Sea, the 7th Fleet said in a press release.
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