Vice Adm. Paul Thomas, Coast Guard deputy commandant for mission support, and Ambassador Andrés Durán Hareau, Uruguay ambassador to the…
Naval Warfare
GDOTS Contract to Produce Mk 82 Guided-missile Directors and Mk 200 Director Control
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GDOTS), Williston, Vermont, is awarded a $9,163,830 contract N00024-20-D-5109 for the production and shipping…
Boeing To Offer P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft to Royal Canadian Air Force
Boeing announced its intent to offer the P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft in response to Canada’s Request for Information (RFI)…
Indonesian Navy to Acquire Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to Arm Its Fast Missile Boats
Global Business Press reported that the Indonesian Navy is eyeing the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) from Norway’s Kongsberg Defence &…
Philippine Navy Naval Air Wing Gets 4 New Cessna 172S Skyhawk Trainer Aircraft
Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana thanked the United States for its support to the ongoing Armed…
BAE Systems’ Hunter Class Frigate Program Delivers Major Engineering Milestone
The Hunter Class Frigate Program has successfully held a major engineering review, which defines how the Australian Combat System integrates…
Teledyne FLIR Defense Awarded $43.9 Million Contract to Service US Navy and Coast Guard Sensor Systems
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced that the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded the company…
US Navy Destroyer USS Jason Dunham Partners with Egyptian Navy for IMX/CE 2022 Exercises
U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) partnered with Egyptian Navy frigate ENS Alexandria (F911) to conduct exercises…
Belgium Naval & Robotics Solution for Lateral Deployment and Recovery of Drones Successfully Tested
During industrial tests conducted in Toulon, the solution for rallying, recovering, maintaining and launching surface drones (LARS, Launch and recovery…
US Navy Delivers First T-45 Goshawk Jet Trainer Equipped with ADS-B (Out)
The T-45 team at Naval Air Systems Command delivered the first Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) (Out)-compliant aircraft in…
US Navy Guided-missile Destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) Visits Egypt
The guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) completed a three-day port visit to Berenice, Egypt, on February 7. Crewmembers…
Boeing Awarded $94 Million US Navy Contract for P-8A Acoustic Operational Flight Program
The Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, California, is awarded a $94,902,277 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides engineering services and supplies,…
American French and Italian Carrier Strike Groups Sail Together in the Mediterranean Sea
Naval forces from France, Italy and the U.S. sailed together while conducting naval training in the Mediterranean Sea, February 6-7….
JFD Successfully Completes NATO Submarine Rescue System Golden Arrow Exercise 2021
JFD successfully completed a comprehensive submarine rescue exercise to mobilise the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS). The exercise, titled Golden…
HAL ALH Mk III Maritime Helicopters Join Andaman and Nicobar Command
Indian naval air station INS Utkrosh, which is under the joint-services Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Command in the Bay of…
China Offers Royal Thai Navy Two Submarines as Purchase Deal Hits Snag
The Bangkok Post reported that Royal Thai Navy chief Adm Somprasong Nilsamai on Sunday confirmed that China made an informal…
South Korea Requests Additional Four Phalanx CIWS for ROKN KDX III Batch-II Destroyers
South Korea intends to buy four more Phalanx close-in weapons systems (CIWS) to add to the two it requested from…
US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS George HW Bush (CVN 77) Completes Ammo Onload
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) completed an ammunition onload from February 3-4. George H.W….
Japan Ministry of Defense to Use Electromagnetic Railguns to Counter Hypersonic Threat
Japan Ministry of Defense (Boei-sho) is increasing funding for development of electromagnetic (EM) railguns and examining the possibility of using…