HMS Illustrious sails from Portsmouth on Friday for eight weeks of arduous cold weather training north of the Arctic Circle.
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Production of Distributed Targeting System started
Boeing announced that it has started production of the new Distributed Targeting System (DTS) for the F/A-18E/F. DTS is on schedule to achieve Initial Operational Capability in January 2013.
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General Dynamics awarded $24 Million F-35 Gun System contract
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products was awarded a $23.6 million contract by Lockheed Martin for production of more than two dozen GAU-22/A gun systems for the F-35.
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Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Team to provide SEWIP Electronic Attack Capability for U.S. Navy Anti-Ship Missile Defense
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are teaming to compete for a U.S. Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 upgrade contract.
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Poorly executed ‘loaded roll’ lead to fatal Super Hornet crash
The fatal crash of a VFA-122 F/A-18F at NAS Lemoore last year could have been prevent, investigators say.
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