Aviation News
Bloomberg News looks at arguments for and against the new Ford-class aircraft carriers. Critics like John McCain say the Navy should have kept buying the proven Nimitz-class carriers instead.
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Lockheed Martin’s Chief Operating Officer Chris Kubasik told reporters on Tuesday that bigger order volumes for the F-35 is the only way to make the jet affordable.
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Two Russian university professors were sentenced to jail by the St. Petersburg City Court on Wednesday for passing Bulava SLBM secrets to China.
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The commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex was fired after investigations into the collision with the replenishment oiler Yukon last month found he should take responsibility.
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The U.S. Navy will relocate an amphibious ready group, lead by USS Iwo Jima, to Jacksonville, Florida starting in the last quarter of 2013.
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