USS Laboon Carries Out Live-Fire Exercise
US Navy’s Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) recently conducted a live-fire exercise. The vessel fired its MK 45 5-inch gun while it was sailing in the Atlantic… [[ This is a...
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Australian Defence Force Heading Toward Pay Increase
The Australian Government has adjusted the framework for the 2014 Australian Defence Force Workplace Remuneration Arrangement to include provision for personnel to receive a pay increase. In a joint… [[ This is a content...
Theodore Roosevelt to Deploy Today
US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, which was supposed to deploy on Monday, is expected to embark on its journey today. The vessel was supposed to depart Norfolk Naval Station… [[ This is...
Theodore Roosevelt Deployment Delayed
US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, which was supposed to deploy on Monday, is expected to embark on its journey today. The vessel was supposed to depart Norfolk Naval Station… [[ This is...
Threat Data Biggest Worry For F-35A’s IOC; But It ‘Will Be On Time’
PENTAGON: The F-35‘s highly sensitive sensors suffer a basic problem right now: They often aren’t sure what they are detecting. That results in a high rate of false alarms. The key to fixing this...
Zumwalt Destroyers to Join the Fleet a Year Later
The US Navy’s two new Zumwalt-class destroyers will arrive to the fleet a year later due to complications with new technology. Reuters writes that the issues arose due to challenges with the… [[ This...
HMAS Success Helps Local Cargo Dhow in Middle East
Australian Navy’s HMAS Success and her boarding team came to the rescue of a local cargo dhow in the Middle East on 10 February after responding to a distress call and finding the vessel...
Navy orders pinging active sonar ASW sonobuoys to locate and track stealthy enemy submarines
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 11 March 2015. U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare (ASW) experts are ordering as many as 5,000 specialized submarine-hunting sonobuoys designed to emit sonar pings that enable other kinds of sonobuoys to...
Army Researching Uniforms That Automatically Decontaminate
One day, Soldiers may wear uniforms and chemical protective suits that decontaminate themselves and are cool enough to wear for extended periods. Researchers, such as chemist David McGarvey, Ph.D, at the Army’s Edgewood Chemical...
China working on second carrier
People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) deputy political commissar Rear Admiral Ding Haichun has confirmed that construction of China’s first indigenous aircraft carrier is underway, according to the Hong Kong Commercial Daily newspaper, which interviewed...
Global Defence Technology: Issue 49
In this issue: Russia’s massive arms investment, a look inside the extreme weather testing facility for military aircraft, why the US Army’s JLENS surveillance blimp is causing privacy concerns, adapting the US Navy’s submarine...
USMC prioritising Amphibious Combat Vehicle for land platform modernisation
An Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) remains a top priority for the US Marine Corps (USMC) as planners seek to ensure 10 infantry battalions worth of ‘armoured lift’. The corps last year revisited its ship-to-shore...
China commissions 19th Type 56 corvette
Chinese state television (CCTV) has reported the commissioning of the 1,500-tonne Type 056 Jiangdao-class corvette Xinyang . Xinyang (pennant No.501) is the 19th Type 056 to be commissioned, having been the 21st laid down....
First airborne MCM helicopter delivered to JMSDF
The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) has taken delivery of the first MCH-101 helicopter airborne mine countermeasures (AMCM) variant from Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and AgustaWestland. Formally handed over at Kawasaki’s Gifu factory...
UK funds Successor submarine design work through to production decision
BAE Systems Maritime – Submarines has been awarded a further tranche of assessment phase funding by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to cover final design activity for the Successor deterrent submarine ahead of...
NZDF receives three new Seasprite SH-2G(I) helicopters
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has received three new Seasprite SH-2G(I) helicopters from Kaman Aerospace at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland. …read more Read more here:: Naval Technology (Naval)
F-35B Lightning successfully conducts first night flights
The US Marine Corps’ (USMC) F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter (JSF) has successfully conducted its first night flights at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina, US. …read more Read more...
Raytheon signs $122m Tomahawk modification contract for US Navy
Raytheon has been awarded a $122.44m contract modification for the procurement of 114 Tomahawk Block IV all-up-round missiles for the US Navy. …read more Read more here:: Naval Technology (Naval)
GD Electric Boat starts construction of 15th Virginia-class submarine
Construction on the US Navy’s 15th Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, Colorado (SSN 788), has been marked with a keel laying ceremony at General Dynamics (GD) Electric Boat’s Quonset Point facility in Rhode Island, US....
Update: UK Apache replacement held up by AgustaWestland, BBC report states
The UK’s efforts to sustain its Apache attack helicopter capability are being seriously hampered by lobbying from AgustaWestland, according to a BBC report published on 7 March. With the British Army’s 66 AgustaWestland-Boeing WAH-64D...