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  U.S. Destroyer, Combat Systems Head For Rough Waters

  Posted by Michael Fabey 10:22 PM on Dec 21, 2011

  We’re closing the year here at Aviation Week with the end of our year-long examination of the U.S. Navy’s destroyer programs, called “Come About.”We found ... Read More >>

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  Sometimes China Steals What It Needs

  Posted by Michael Fabey 4:19 PM on Jun 24, 2011

  Books and movies about the spy wars between the United States and Russia or the old Soviet Bloc are common and outdated by now. But an espionage battle with up-and-coming China -- ... Read More >>

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  Building The U.S. Navy's Taj Mahal

  Posted by Michael Fabey 8:31 AM on Jun 23, 2011

  Last week Aviation Week featured a story about the DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class testing center overlooking the Virginia Capes on Wallops Island, Va. Called by folks there the “Taj... Read More >>

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  US Naval Aviation 100th Photo Highlights

  Posted by Guy Norris 3:53 PM on Apr 27, 2011

  With the U.S. Navy’s year-long celebration to mark naval aviation’s first century approaching its fifth month, and air show season heating up, there’s likely to b... Read More >>

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  Launching Simulator

  Posted by Bettina Chavanne 5:47 PM on Sep 21, 2009

  One phone call, three months, $300,000.That's all it took for Lockheed Martin to build a training simulator for the U.S. Navy.Let's start at the beginning. The Office of Naval Rese... Read More >>

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  Boeing's P-8A Poseidon Makes First Flight

  Posted by Guy Norris 1:04 AM on Apr 26, 2009

  The US Navy’s first Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft T-1, completed a 3 hour 31 min maiden flight from Renton, Wash., on Apr 25., and later landed at Boeing Field. The second te... Read More >>

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  Now You See It, Now You Don't - US Navy Stealth Test Site

  Posted by Guy Norris 1:55 PM on Apr 21, 2009

  The US Navy’s increased emphasis on stealth – recently evidenced by the low observable features of the Northrop Grumman X-47 UCAS demonstrator – also appears to b... Read More >>

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  What makes a Global Hawk into a BAMS?

  Posted by Graham Warwick 7:28 PM on Apr 23, 2008

  Surprisingly few airframe changes are needed to make Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk into the US Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance System, although the RQ-4N will have a diffe... Read More >>

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