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US Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) carried a South China Sea cooperative deployment with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter carrier JS Izumo… [[ This is a content summary only....
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has demonstrated its awesome combat power and capabilities during monumental mass flight at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif, which featured more than 40 aircraft. Seven squadrons with...
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp on Tuesday announced that the U.S. Navy’s newest Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21), has officially left the building. The future USS...
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp on Tuesday announced that the U.S. Navy’s newest Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21), has officially left the building. The future USS...
Future USCGC Midgett, the US Coast Guard’s eighth national security cutter (NSC), got underway from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Pascagoula, Mississippi, shipyard after being delivered… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
A programme office to lead the UK Royal Marines Future Commando Force transformation drive is to be set up inside the Navy Command Headquarters in Portsmouth. The move was announced to Royal Marines personnel...
The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) commissioned an ex-US Coast Guard (USCG) Hamilton-class cutter on 6 June. Named SLNS Gajabahu (with pennant number P 626), the 115.2 m-long vessel entered service in a ceremony held...
More capable warships will be deployed to Europe by the US Navy (USN) to replace four Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers that have been based in Spain since 2014. The four ships of the Forward...
A leading Australian defence think tank, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), has called for a radical overhaul of Canberra’s military posture and a move towards forward defence in depth. The report argues that...
The Government of Pakistan has announced a 2019–20 defence budget of PKR1.15 trillion (USD7.6 billion), a 1.3% increase over the revised military expenditure in 2018–19. The new defence budget – announced on 11 June...
The Department of Defense released an updated Arctic Strategy that focused on domain awareness and enhancing operations but also increased attention on Russia and China’s activities. The report said the U.S. Arctic deterrent force...
The U.S. 2nd Fleet is leading the 2019 Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise in the Baltic Sea that started on Sunday. Vice Adm. Andrew Lewis, commander of 2nd Fleet, is leading the exercise on behalf...
A Fairey Barracuda torpedo bomber was discovered in the English Channel 75 years after its pilot was forced to ditch during World War 2. The Fleet Air Arm bomber has been found largely intact...
BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., a business unit of Britain’s biggest defense company BAE Systems, has awarded modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price supply contract valued at as much as $19,6 million for...
IT provider Stefanini has been contracted for work on the Brazilian Navy’s first nuclear-powered submarine, the future SN-Álvaro Alberto. Brazil is developing the sub in cooperation with… [[ This is a content summary only....
French shipbuilder Naval Group has concluded negotiations for the construction of two Gowind corvettes for the United Arab Emirates Navy. The deal is estimated to be worth around €750 million (US… [[ This is...
The US Navy has concluded its salvage operation related to the December 6, 2018, collision between the F/A-18 and a KC-130J off the coast of Japan. The operation took place between May 27 and...
Sikorsky, a business unit of Lockheed Martin, will build six production VH-92A Presidential Helicopters under a contract from the U.S Navy. According to a news release put out by Lockheed Martin, these helicopters are...
Sikorsky has received a a $542 million contract to build six VH-92A helicopter for the presidential lift mission. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, was awarded the $542 million contract by the… [[ This is...
A compact aircraft design and fast spinning rotor are a few of the technical designs that enable Schiebel’s S-100 Camcopter unmanned rotorcraft to perform in icy conditions. Icing is dangerous to both fixed-wing and...
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