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South Korean Defence Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo said on 10 December that the test conducted by North Korea three days earlier at its Sohae Satellite Launch Station (also known as the Tongchang-ri or Dongchang-ri Missile...
Key Points The final phase of the TNI’s Minimum Essential Force (MEF) programme focuses on air force and navy modernisation Funding remains a major challenge as foreign loans are required to support major acquisitions...
The US Navy (USN) continues to face “persistent and substantial maintenance delays” that affect most of its maintenance efforts and hinder service attempts to restore readiness, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported earlier...
A retired Navy rear admiral and one-time cabinet official nominee is running in 2020 for the seat of the outgoing House Armed Services Committee (HASC) ranking member. Ronny Jackson, who most recently served as...
Three sailors have been killed in a shooting at a naval base in Pensacola, the US Navy said. The incident occurred at Naval Air Station Pensacola on December 6, 2019. The navy identified the...
An Australian-led staff of the Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy and Royal Canadian Navy assumed command of the Bahrain-based Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 from the UK on December 5…. [[ This...
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a series of meetings on 2-5 December on the development of the navy (VMF). “Under this year’s Gosoboronzakaz [State Defence Order], the navy is set to receive more than...
China is mass producing Shaanxi Aircraft Industry Group Corporation (SAIC) Y-9 special mission aircraft, according to a report published by the state-owned Global Times newspaper on 8 December. The article, which is based on...
The Philippines is seeking to acquire the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system from India. Official sources told Jane’s on 9 December that officials from New Delhi and Manila are in advanced negotiations about the...
North Korea announced on 8 December that it has conducted a “very important test” at the Sohae Satellite Launch Station, which serves both as the country’s main satellite launch facility, as well as a...
The Bulgarian Navy (Voennomorski sili na Republika Balgariya : VMS) accepted into service one Airbus Helicopter AS365N3+ Dauphin multipurpose rotorcraft on 6 December. A ceremony to welcome the new arrival took place at the...
The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has made available to Bangladesh USD500 million in credit to procure defence equipment, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has confirmed. The RBI said on 5 December...
South Korea’s Hanwha Systems has announced a bid to acquire a stake in US firm OverAir, a specialist in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Hanwha Systems said in a stock exchange filing on 6 December...
The United States and Singapore signed on 7 December a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the establishment of a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) fighter training detachment at Andersen Air Force Base (AAFB)...
France’s Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group (CSG) has concluded a major exercise off the southern coast of France, called ‘PEAN 2019′, which featured international participation for the first time. The French-led maritime exercise,...
Navies across the globe are enhancing their undersea warfare capabilities by commissioning advanced submarines, primarily to gain asymmetric advantage over their opponents and to protect their national interests. Therefore, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN)...
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a ceremony celebrating the U.S. Navy’s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the American hero for whom the ship is named, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a ceremony celebrating the U.S. Navy’s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the American hero for whom the ship is named, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:...
The U.S. Navy has christened its newest Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), during a ceremony on Saturday, December. 6, at the Newport News Shipbuilding. John F. Kennedy is...
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