In a recent budget war game, four U.S. thinktanks: Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, American Enterprise Institute, Center for a New American Security, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, all recommended that the Pentagon downsize the aircraft carrier fleet and move the money elsewhere for other programs.
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Brazil to help design twin-seat Gripen F
Brazil has been given an opportunity to help design the two-seater Gripen F.
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India to test Nirbhay cruise missile again
India will make its second test of the Nirbhay cruise missile after the first test ended in failure.
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DOT&E wants Navy to improve on testing
The Pentagon’s chief weapons tester wants the U.S. Navy to carry out shock testing on the USS Gerald Ford instead of carrying it out on the second ship.
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Britain, France to expand UCAV study
British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande have signed a series of defense co-operation agreements including a future unmanned combat air vehicle feasibility study.
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