HMS Ark Royal will be sold off as scrap metal for three million pounds. The money will be used to help tackle a multi-billion pound defense deficit.
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NAS Fallon could become testing center for UAVs
Nevada’s governor Brian Sandoval revealed that the Pentagon and FAA are studying a proposal to include NAS Fallon in a “package” with Creech Air Force Base and the Nellis Test Ranges in Southern Nevada into one of seven centers of excellence for testing and development of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Bill Sweetman: not all the smart people work for you
The next anti-ship weapon for the U.S. Navy will rely on data-links to get updates on its target and will be expecting its communications links to be jammed and unreliable.
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Pakistan Navy inducted another P-3C
Pakistan has inducted another P-3C into service on Sept. 5.
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X-47B gets modified tail hook
A team from Fleet Readiness Center South West (FRCSW) at Naval Air Station North Island was asked to redesign the hook point for the X-47B after tests found that the original hook was inadequate during roll-in arrestment tests.
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