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  Military Academies' Graduation 2011

  Posted by John M. Doyle 10:16 PM on Jun 10, 2011

  During the last week of May, commencement exercises were held at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York; the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and the U.S. Air... Read More >>

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  Libya Was Target of Sub, Ship and Air-Launched Cyber and Electronic Attacks

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 2:21 PM on May 16, 2011

  Libya’s air defenses, air bases and military communications were schwacked by U.S. submarines, warships and a squadron of EA-18G Growlers, the chief of naval operations, Adm.... Read More >>

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  The Reality of U.S. AirSea Battle

  Posted by Michael Bruno 5:19 PM on Apr 01, 2011

  Accuse me of being a blatant cheerleader all you want, but you have to read our AirSea Battle coverage in the latest editions of Aviation Week & Space Technology and Defense Te... Read More >>

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  New X-47B UCAS Video Released

  Posted by Guy Norris 10:59 PM on Feb 15, 2011

  Northrop Grumman has released a sharp new video of the first flight of the X-47B UCAS demonstrator at Edwards AFB, California on Feb 4. The video includes interesting ‘pilot&... Read More >>

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  X-47B first flight update, making history - and new video

  Posted by Guy Norris 6:43 PM on Feb 05, 2011

  Providing more details about yesterday’s milestone X-47B flight, Janis Pamiljans, Northrop Grumman vice president and UCAS-D program manager, Northrop Grumman, says the air v... Read More >>

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  X-47B First Flight

  Posted by Guy Norris 2:26 AM on Feb 05, 2011

  Northrop Grumman’s X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS-D) demonstrator successfully completed its long-delayed first flight at Edwards AFB, Calif., late today. The stealth... Read More >>

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  Proposed Coast Guard Economy Move -- to the Defense Dept.

  Posted by John M. Doyle 2:51 PM on Feb 01, 2011

  Among the proposals being floated by congressional Republicans to trim the projected trillion dollar federal budget deficit is one to move the U.S. Coast Guard out of the Homeland ... Read More >>

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  Navy Confirms That New Jammer Will Be Cyber-Invasion Device

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 2:30 PM on Jan 07, 2011

  The EA-18G Growler and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will both carry an airborne network invasion weapon, says U.S. Navy’s top intelligence official.A few years ago, the U.S.... Read More >>

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  LCS's Shocking Ending: Everybody Wins

  Posted by Michael Bruno 10:14 PM on Dec 29, 2010

  This just in from the Pentagon...The Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. and Austal USA each a fixed-price incentive contract for the design and construction of a 10 ship block-... Read More >>

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  What Will the New Littoral Combat Ships Cost?

  Posted by Paul McLeary 5:20 PM on Nov 04, 2010

  With the news this morning that the Navy wants to split the buy for twenty new Littoral Combat Ships through 2015—ten from Lockheed Martin and ten from Austal and Gen... Read More >>

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