DFNS.net Naval Edition
President Francois Hollande on Thursday said that France will only complete delivery to Russia of a sophisticated naval ship if peace is established in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Defense News (Naval)
The Navy accepted delivery of the USS North Dakota on Aug. 29. …read more Source:: DoD Buzz (Naval)
TUCSON, Ariz.–The Navy’s decision to use the Hellfire Longbow as the surface missile on the Littoral Combat Ship could prove to be a costly one because it was not designed to operate off ships,...
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 4 Sept. 2014. Missile designers at the Raytheon Co. are upgrading versions of the AGM-65 Maverick air-to-ground missile by replacing relatively old optical TV-guided seekers with late-model precision-guided laser sensors....
WASHINGTON: It won’t happen tomorrow, but the Pentagon may have to start eating its young to pay for two of the most expensive weapons in US history: the Air Force’s Long Range Strike bomber...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Navy said Wednesday that it did not have a drinking problem and it could “totally quit drinking anytime,” sources confirmed. The Navy cited it is dealing with numerous...
ARLINGTON, Va., 4 Sept. 2014. Mustang Technical Services in Arlington, Va., is introducing the Mustang Legacy Replacement System (MLRS) for shipboard use and in extreme environmental conditions. …read more Source:: Military & Aerospace (Naval)
Russian naval vessels are to be equipped with a state of the art tracking system which will be able to receive data from space, a source from the Russian military told RIA Novosti Tuesday....
France said Wednesday ‘conditions’ were not in place to deliver the first of two Mistral-class warships to Russia, a move planned later this year that has sparked controversy given the crisis in Ukraine. …read...
The Defense Department believes it knows how an F-35A caught fire in June and the head of the program believes he will have a root cause analysis complete as to why it happened by...
The Navy has delayed the release of its Request For Proposals (RFP) for its envisioned unmanned carrier- launched aircraft until a budget review process is completed this fall, the service said Wednesday. The long-awaited...
[UPDATED with Hagel, Shaffer comments] NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: The four armed services only submitted their draft 2016 budgets to the Office of the Secretary of Defense “basically yesterday,” Undersecretary Frank Kendall said this morning...
Lockheed Martin is offering the Navy a slightly heavier, technologically re-configured multi-warfare variant of the Littoral Combat Ship that has added survivability features such as built in vertical launch tubes and a stronger radar....
The Navy accepted delivery of PCU North Dakota (SSN 784), the 11th ship of the Virginia Class, on Aug. 29, two days prior to its contract delivery date. North Dakota is the first of...
SCITUATE, Mass. — Matt Lynch, a former Navy P-3 Orion electronics technician, was stunned to walk into the Mill Wharf restaurant today and not receive 15 percent off his lunch, sources confirmed on Monday....
Monday, September 1, 2014 – 09:48 AFP Tunisian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 41 migrants since Friday after their ship sank off the Libyan coast and more are expected to be...
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $110 million firm-fixed-price contract August 20 to Caddell Construction Co. of Montgomery, Alabama, for construction of nuclear power training facilities for Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU)...
Rear Admiral Lars Saunes, Chief of Staff Royal Norwegian Navy: “We have a strong commitment to NATO, and continue to provide relevant maritime contributions for participating in international coalition crises management and peace support...
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