This historic ship has been awaiting its final fate since it was decommissioned in 2004 after just over two decades of service.
The first-in-class guided-missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga recently arrived in the Port of Brownsville in Texas where it will be scrapped. The U.S. Navy...
Navy accepted delivery of the Navy’s AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar System at land-based test site Combat Systems Engineering Development Site (CSEDS) in Moorestown, N.J., Oct. 7., 2020. US Navy Photo
The Navy’s ground-based testing site for the Aegis combat systems on Wednesday...
ABMS MQ-9B aircraft
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been awarded a $950,000,000 ceiling Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for Advanced Battle Management System.
The contract includes maturation, demonstration and proliferation of capability across...
After being selected as the preferred supplier to the Australian Army (AA) of 30 155 mm self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) and 15 armoured ammunition resupply vehicles (AARVs), Hanwha Defense Australia (HDA) has shown concept images of the Huntsman AS9 and AS10 systems it plans to supply to the...
According to a contract released by the United States Department of Defense on October 8, 2020, XPER, formerly called Ibis Tek, has secured a potential $229M contract to supply protection equipment for the U.S. Army's family of heavy tactical vehicles.
Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s motor...
The future USS Mobile (LCS 26) successfully concluded its acceptance trial in the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 25 after a series of in-port and underway demonstrations.
The Navy conducted comprehensive tests of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship’s systems during the trial, spanning multiple...
According to information published by the Russian press agency TASS on October 7, 2020, the crew of the improved Project 885M (Yasen-M) nuclear-powered submarine Kazan of the Russian Navy has finalized the next stage of its sea trials in the White Sea, the Russian navy Northern Fleet’s press...
The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) has decided that its two Izumo-class helicopter carriers will not be fitted with a ‘ski-jump’ ramp to facilitate operations of the short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, Janes has learnt.
Instead, each...
On 7 October 2020, a step down ceremony was held by the Kong Thap Bok Thai (Royal Thai Army) for the UH-1H Huey helicopter. The ceremony was attended by three UH-1Hs including serial 5777 (construction number 10707, ex US Army 68-15777).
The UH-1H had been operational with the army since 1968...
Lockheed Martin Corp., Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier, posted the first public computer-generated graphics of Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW).
According to the presentation, the new weapon system will consist of four transporter erector launchers (TEL), each installed on a modified...
Amid the growing naval capabilities of neighbouring countries, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) have requested that construction plans for the Republic of Korea Navy’s (RoKN’s) next-generation light aircraft carrier be brought forward.
A CGI showing the conceptual design of the RoKN’s...
All previously known J-15 tail numbers fell within the “10” or “20” series, suggesting aircraft featuring a “30” series tail number are likely new aircraft production of the J-15 after a three-year hiatus.
The initial first two batches of J-15 fighters consisted of approximately 24 aircraft.
Images published by Chinese state-owned media on 7 October have provided further evidence that the Shenyang Aircraft Company (SAC) has continued production of the J-15 carrier-borne multirole fighter, with at least two aircraft from the third batch now confirmed to be in service.
One of the...