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While the F-35B is undergoing operational testing on board USS Wasp, the U.S. Marine Corps will fly one of the components of the F135 engine out to the ship using the MV-22.
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The U.S. State Department has given the clearance to Turkey to buy 4 Phalanx Block 1B Baseline 2 Close-In Weapons Systems (CIWS) and upgrade 17 Block 0 systems to the Block 1B Baseline 2 configuration.
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The U.S. Congress has been notified of a potential Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 10 MH-60Rs to Saudi Arabia for an estimated cost of $1.9 billion.
A CNN team was given exclusive access to a U.S. Navy P-8A flight over the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
France has declared Initial operating capability (IOC) of its modernized E-3F AWACS with the delivery of the second upgraded aircraft by Boeing.
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