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U.S. Marine Corps orders new thermal sights for its Amphibious Assault Vehicles
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded the L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics Corporation a contract for M36E-T1 Thermal Sight Systems.
The contract award from Marine Corps...
Raytheon secures $7 million for surface-to-air missiles for German Navy
The U.S. Navy awarded a contract modification worth more than $7 million to the Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson to supply RAM guided missile...
U.S. Navy’s new attack submarine, future USS Montana, is christened in Newport News
America’s largest military shipbuilding company, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that future Montana (SSN 794) submarine was christened at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division...
9 things you may not know about F-35C stealth strike fighter
For the first time in U.S. naval aviation history, radar-evading stealth capability comes to the carrier deck. With stealth technology, advanced sensors, supersonic speed,...
Norway to upgrade its legendary Skjold-class coastal corvettes
The Royal Norwegian Navy has decided to upgrade its legendary Skjold-class coastal corvettes, the world’s fastest combat ships.
The Norwegian defense contractor KONGSBERG has announced...
Lockheed Martin awarded $28M for MH-60R’s submarine detection sensor
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, has secured a contract from U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for MH-60R's non-acoustic...
Northrop Grumman receives $11,6 million for MQ-8C Fire Scout upgrade
Northrop Grumman has awarded a contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for technologically advanced navigation and recovery systems.
The U.S. Department of Defense...
U.S. Navy conducts search for missing sailor in Arabian Sea
The U.S. Naval forces are conducting search and rescue operations for a sailor who went missing from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) ...
New Aegis destroyer to join the U.S. Navy’s fleet
America’s largest military shipbuilding company, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that the new destroyer, the USS Delbert D. Black, departed from Ingalls Shipbuilding division, sailing...
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighters arrived at RAF Marham
Around 10 U.S. U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike fighter aircraft arrived at Royal Air Force Station Mahram, United Kingdom (UK) on...
U.S. Navy receives newest LCAC hovercraft
The U.S. Navy has announced that the newest Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) hovercraft arrived at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Sept....
U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft crashes near NASA flight center
On 31 August, the U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye surveillance aircraft crashed near the NASA flight center on Wallops Island during a training flight.
"The two...
Raytheon awards contract to EMCORE for MK 54 torpedo program
EMCORE Corporation has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Raytheon Technologies valued at $3.6 million to deliver SDI500 IMUs (Inertial Measurement...
Ukraine’s newest spy ship set sail
Ukrainian Navy new intelligence collection ship, commonly known as Lagoon, departed its Odessa base August 28 for testing, the Dumskaya.net reported.
The Lagoon military intelligence...
U.S. and Hellenic Navy completes maneuvering exercises amid Turkey row
U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) executed maneuvering exercises with the Hellenic Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, amid...
U.S. Marines newest helicopter completes sea trials
A new CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter from Sikorsky has completed sea trials, according to a company news release.
"364 landings and takeoffs, day and...
Future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul completes successful acceptance trials
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has announced that the future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, completed acceptance trials in Lake Michigan.
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 21,...
U.S. Navy holds decommissioning ceremony for USS Champion
The U.S. Navy conducted a formal decommissioning ceremony for the Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship USS Champion (MCM 4) at Naval Base San Diego.
USS Champion...