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After loosing a true dedicated submarine hunter embedded in a US Navy Carrier Air Wing CVW), the US Navy is now facing a new hunter. With the retirement of the S-3B Viking, the USN lost its last Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) aircraft and a loyal member in the CVW. From that moment, the carrier...

Earlier than planned, Damen has cut the first steel on the Royal Netherlands Navy’s Combat Support Ship Den Helder at its shipyard in Galati, Romania. The cutting is the first of sixteen batches, totaling 7500 tonnes of steel in 180 sections. The steel cutting was supposed to take place in...

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the number of missile boats deployed by an Israeli navy which, while small, carries out missions as far away as the Red Sea and the Gulf. Israel also wants to protect off-shore natural gas fields close to Lebanon, an old foe with which it has held so far fruitless U.S.-mediated maritime border...

Dec. 2, 2020 - Cobham Mission Systems, the world leader in air refuelling probe solutions, announced today it has been awarded a prime contract from Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) to deliver an air refuelling probe solution for its FA-50 advanced jet aircraft. Under this contract, Cobham...

02 December 2020 – The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Mali has placed a firm order for an additional Airbus C295 airlifter in the transport configuration. This second aircraft, to be delivered in 2021, will supplement the first C295 already in operation since December 2016 which has...

Rheinmetall MK-82-EP aircraft bomb Rheinmetall’s MK-82-EP general purpose aircraft bomb has recently been selected by France for its Rafale, Mirage 2000 aircraft while Germany has chosen it to equip Eurofighter jets. France’s procurement authority, the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA)...

@KerimBozkurt Russian Navy Valentine Pikular transiting to Med

Likely the weight was reduced as a result of the feedbacks from soldiers.

Note: Photo has been reversed, there is no change in forward assist function.

Norway-based company KONGSBERG has announced on Tuesday that it has awarded a new contract from Japan to supply the JSM (Joint Strike Missile) for their fleet of F-35 fighter aircraft. According to a company news release, KONGSBERG has entered into a second follow-on contract with Japan to...

VK-2500PS-03 engine Russia’s United Engine Corporation announced today it has signed a contract with China to provide 100 VK-2500PS-03 turboshaft helicopter engines between 2021-22. The VK-2500PS-03 engine has been certified in India, China, Brazil and Colombia. The certificate validation in...

Bozankaya firm was set to work to produce Turkey's first indigenous subway. It will be designed and produced in the company's Ankara facilities. It was announced that 28 metro vehicle contracts were signed and the delivery of the vehicles will begin in the last quarter of 2022. It will be...

LNA operating South African-made G5 155 mm howitzers The Libyan National Army (LNA) is now operating new artillery systems including South African-made 155 mm G5 gun-howitzer and Serbian multiple rocket launchers (MRLs). A video released on 14 November showing the artillery systems in an...

Developers and news reports claim that the stealth aircraft will be able to hit ranges as far as 7,500 miles, carry nuclear weapons and introduce 5th-Generation levels of stealth technology, targeting and computing. Is this true? Just how big of a deal is China’s new H-20 stealth bomber, an...

@YorukIsik Arleigh Burke-class AEGIS guided-missile destroyer, FWD deployed Squadron SixZero’s USS Donald Cook DDG75 transits Bosphorus towards Mediterranean after completing maritime security operations with NATO allies & partners in the region for the seventh time in 2020. @egetulca

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of up to 300 M1152 High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs)/ Humvees to Lebanon for an estimated cost of $55.5 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying...

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of two (2) MK 15 MOD 25 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) Block 1B Baseline 2 (IB2) systems and related equipment for an estimated cost of $39 million. The Defense Security...

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Brazil of MK 54 Lightweight Torpedoes and related equipment for an estimated cost of $70 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying...