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BEIJING, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta invited China to participate in the 2014 Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) during talks held here with Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie on Tuesday.


"The U.S. Navy will invite China to send a ship to participate in the RIMPAC 2014 exercise," Panetta said, emphasizing that the exercise hosted by the U.S. Navy's Pacific Command is the world's largest international maritime exercise.

"We note that the U.S. and China just this week participated in a very successful counter-piracy exercise in the Gulf of Aden. These exercises enhance the ability of our navies to work together to 'combat' the common threat of piracy," Panetta said.

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paintgun said:

this is a very big news! Chinese military invited to RIMPAC 2014 exercises in Hawaii

U.S. invites China to participate in military exercise

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In response to the U.S. Coast Guard's demanding Offshore Patrol Cutter requirements, Vigor Industrial looked beyond the conventional. With the Ulstein X-BOW®, the Vigor OPC delivers unmatched seakeeping and endurance.

Vigor OPC features the innovative Ulstein X-BOW® design. The X-BOW® made its debut in 2006, and more than 40 vessels are now in-service worldwide. On a daily basis, they prove the design’s reliability and superior seakeeping in real-world operations, under the most difficult conditions.

Compared to bulbous bows, the Ulstein X-BOW ® delivers:
• Lower pitch and heave accelerations
• Higher transit speeds in both calm waters and heavy seas
• Reduced slamming, vibration, spray and noise

These qualities make Vigor OPC more capable of performing when most needed. In high seas it is faster and more comfortable for the crew and more stable for helicopter and small boat operations.

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The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a business unit of General Dynamics (GD), a $38.9 million modification to a previously awarded contract to perform class and engineering services associated with the detail design and construction of Zumwalt class ships (DDG 1000).

Bath Iron Works will continue to provide manufacturing support services such as engineering, design, production control, accuracy control and information technology. Other class-support efforts include program management, contract and financial management, procurement and configuration/data management. The original contract was awarded in September 2011. Work is expected to be completed by October 2013.

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9/20/2012 - An F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter from the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and an F-22A Raptor from the 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., soar over the Emerald Coast Sept. 19. This was the first time the two fifth generation fighters have flown together for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)

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On Sept. 21, 2012, on an isolated test range in New Mexico, Raytheon’s Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System JLENS aerostat provided targeting information to a Standard Missile-6, enabling the weapon to successfully engage an anti-ship cruise missile target.

The integrated test conducted by the U.S. Army and Navy marked the first time the two systems worked together to engage a target by sharing information over the Raytheon Cooperative Engagement Capability network.

“This test is of critical importance for the JLENS program because it demonstrates the system’s ability to integrate with existing U.S. Navy systems and proves that JLENS is ready to deploy,” said Dave Gulla, Raytheon’s vice president of Global Integrated Sensors.

The simulated naval engagement took place at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

The JLENS system’s capability goes far beyond hunting cruise missiles. It is designed to defend against a large assortment of threats, like low-flying manned and unmanned aircraft, large caliber rockets, boats, SCUD launchers, automobiles and tanks.

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A recent U.S. Army and Navy test proved the Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) JLENS can integrate with defensive systems currently in the U.S. Navy's inventory to provide, for the first time, overland cruise missile defense from the sea.

During the test, a JLENS' fire-control radar acquired and tracked a surrogate anti-ship cruise missile target. The track information was passed to sailors via the Raytheon-made Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) sensor-netting system. The sailors then fired a Raytheon-made Standard Missile-6 at the target. Initial SM-6 guidance used targeting information provided by the JLENS via CEC to the Aegis Weapon System (AWS) until the SM-6's onboard radar was able to acquire and track the target.

"JLENS has demonstrated its ability to integrate with other components of Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air, significantly expanding the force's cruise missile defense umbrella," said Dean Barten, the U.S. Army's JLENS product manager. "Commanders can detect threats shortly after they are launched with JLENS' 360-degree, long-range surveillance capability, while the JLENS integrated fire-control radar enables commanders to more effectively employ weapons like the Standard Missile 6."

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Jeff Head said:

Beautiful, outstanding pics. Air Force Brat should really like this. This is the way it ought to work, the F-22 flying cover/air superiority defence for the F-35As attacking and able to mix it up themselves if necessary.

Let's get some of them displayed here for everyone to see. Full production, active aircraft. Both of them. Nice to see the production, activated F-35As out there flying like this.
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