JFD facilitated these exercises across the globe against the backdrop of the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic, with one exercise taking place in Australia…
Naval Warfare
GA-ASI MQ-9B SeaGuardian Unmanned Aircraft System Supporting RIMPAC 2022
An MQ-9B SeaGuardian® Unmanned Aircraft System from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is under contract with the U.S. Navy to support the…
French Navy Receives Upgraded Dassault Atlantique 2 Long-range Maritime Patrol Aircraft
The French Defense Procurement Agency (Direction générale de l’armement; DGA) took delivery of two Dassault Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded…
World’s Largest Nuclear Submarine Dmitriy Donskoi (TK-208) Returns to Home Base
Russia’s nuclear-powered submarine The Dmitry Donskoy, the largest in the world, has returned to the Northern Fleet’s base at Severodvinsk. On July 26,…
Navantia Delivers Corvette Al Diriyah (830) to Royal Saudi Naval Forces
Navantia delivered the second of the five corvettes built for the Royal Saudi Navy Forces (RSNF) in its shipyards at the Bay of…
LIG Nex1 And Thales Ink MOU for Goalkeeper Maintenance Repair and Operations
At the 2022 Farnborough International Air Show, Byeong-hyun Kwon, head of LIG Nex1’s C4ISTAR business division, and Pascale Sourisse, senior vice president of…
Steadicopter Awarded Contract with Israeli Navy for Its Black Eagle Electric RUAS
Steadicopter announces another win in a significant tender, this time for the Israeli Navy, for its Black Eagle Electric systems. The Black Eagle…
US Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets Sink Decommissioned ex USS Denver
F/A-18 Hornets from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (VMFA-232), Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7 (MAGTF-7) used Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) against a…
Netherlands Armed Forces Deploys Own Roll-on Roll-off Ship for the First Time
Netherlands Armed Forces has officially put the Roll-on Roll-off ship into service today. The Netherlands is not the first country to employ commercial…