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The Enterprise carrier strike group is conducting a composite training unit exercise as the aircraft carrier prepares for its final deployment.
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Three of the 15 F-35s that had problems with their ejection seat parachutes will resume flying on Tuesday after their parachutes were repacked.
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Northrop Grumman’s BAC1-11 test aircraft is testing the F-35’s sensors during Exercise Bold Alligator 2012 on the East Coast of the United States.
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The Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun program will soon test the first industry railgun prototype launcher at a facility in Dahlgren, Virginia.
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Did a successful cyber intrusion into the F-35 program forced the Pentagon to redesign parts of the jet, which ultimately drove up costs?
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