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The U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2017 budget plan to cut a carrier air wing could affect the service’s future carrier force structure, according to a recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report.
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The U.S. Navy is still on course to establish a new Information Warfare Development Center (IWDC) in early 2017, says Rear Adm. Matthew J. Kohler Naval Information Forces commander.
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As the U.S. Navy promotes a “distributed lethality” concept for surface ships, the search is intensifying for longer-range surface-to-surface missiles.
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The Royal Navy finds that adding capabilities to a ship’s design also adds cost—lots of cost, in fact.
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India may be the world’s top weapons importer, but fighter deals there are notoriously difficult to land.
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By Tony Osborne
Britain and France widen defense commitments despite specter of the U.K. exiting the European Union.
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By Jen DiMascio
The Senate commerce committee’s bill won’t include ATC reforms but will inspire debate over airline seat space; the Navy asks Congress for 14 more F/A-18 Super Hornets; Trump names a national security adviser.
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The engine is scheduled to help launch the first crew in an Orion capsule as early as 2021.
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By Jen DiMascio
The cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter engine is likely to come down because the U.S. Air Force chose Pratt & Whitney to make the engine for the B-21 bomber, says the chief of the F-35 program.
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By Tony Osborne
U.K. and U.S. personnel will soon begin planning for the trans-Atlantic deployment of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to the U.K. in preparation for the type’s debut at two U.K. air shows this summer.
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By Jay Menon
India has successfully launched its sixth navigation satellite, accomplishing a major step toward developing the country’s own network to help provide location within the country and bordering regions.
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By Tony Osborne
Investigators probing the fatal crash of a former military fighter jet at the Shoreham Airshow last year said show organizers were unaware of the aircraft’s planned display routine.
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Dassault Aviation’s new Falcon 5X business jet will not enter service until the first half of 2020 due to difficulties in developing the Silvercrest engine at Safran’s Snecma motors division.
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By Bradley Perrett
Taiwan’s next advanced trainer will be indigenously developed, Defense Minister Kao Kuang-chi has told members of parliament.
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By Jay Menon
The Laser Cross Section Measurement & Imaging System, or LACSMI, will help ensure Indian warships, tanks and other platforms are harder for laser and infrared guided bombs and missiles to hit.
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The sailors of DDG 78 USS Porter, a guided missile destroyer stationed in Rota, Spain, successfully completed a live-fire test from a SeaRAM missile system earlier this month.
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U.S. Navy engineers have developed a new 1,000-lb. inertial actuator, or "ship shaker," that offers “unprecedented capability in full-scale testing,” the service says.
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The U.S. Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participated in exercise Ssang Yong 16 (SY16) earlier this month in and around Pohang, South Korea with local forces and those from Australia and New Zealand, the Navy says.
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Projectiles are constructed to break up in flight at a preselected range to prevent collateral damage and civilian casualties.
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The U.S. Army is testing a number of internal lubricants for rifle components that would eliminate manual cleaning of weapons.
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French army mandates low lifecycle costs for its new fleet of army vehicles, with maintenance ease also in mind.
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The U.S. Navy’s Battlespace Awareness office generates situational data for commanders. Directing the office is Capt. Jeffrey Czerewko, whose wish list includes modular software.
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By Jen DiMascio
A wayward weather satellite | U.S. Navy adds to SM-6 contract | UAE buys Piaggio’s HammerHead UAV | Boeing, Paramount add teeth to Ahrlac aircraft
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By Michael Bruno
The GaN upgrade represents one of the most significant improvements to one of Raytheon’s most important franchises in years.
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By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. Air Force offers public bomber details in drips and drabs; this time: the suppliers.
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