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U.S. Navy awards Enterprise Services with $787M contract for Next Generation Enterprise Network
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has announced on 5 September that Enterprise Services LLC is awarded modified contract with a maximum potential value of $787 million for...
Newest Russian border patrol vessel sidelined by Chinese-made engine problems
The newest Russian "Bezuprechnyy" (Rubin-class patrol boat) border patrol vessel, designed to combat surface and airborne targets and threats, has broken down and had to be...
U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarine at Gibraltar prompts concerns on Russian Media
The deployed of the U.S. Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Newport News (SSN 750) to the Gibraltar Naval Base recently prompts concerns from some Russian news broadcasters and...
II Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general introduced to new Amphibious Combat Vehicle
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Robert F. Hedelund, II Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, is briefed on the capabilities of the Marine Corps’ new...
India moves closer to acquiring MH-60R naval multirole helicopters
On 25 August, India's Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the start of negotiations for the procurement of 111 light naval utility and 24 Lockheed...
U.S. Marine Corps uses 3D printing technologies to build concrete barracks
The U.S. Marine Corps has announced that Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSCO) teams with Marines to build world’s first continuous 3D-printed concrete barracks.
According to...
U.S. Marine Corps awards contract to Bell for AH-1Z attack helicopters
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. a $509,7 million contract to deliver 29 new AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters on behalf...
U.S. Navy received two new Littoral Combat Ships
Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine have delivered the future USS Sioux City, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 11, and future USS Wichita, LCS 13, to...
BAE Systems contracted to modernize USS Gettysburg guided-missile cruiser
BAE Systems has been awarded a $146.3 million contract by the U.S. Navy to modernizing the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64).
Under the new...
Ukraine demonstrated unique Mi-14 helicopters evacuated from Crimea
The 10th Naval Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy took part at a massive military parade in Kyiv on 24 August.
Four Mi-14 maritime helicopters of...
U.S. Navy awards contract to Sikorsky Aircraft for MH-60 naval helicopters support
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $9,7 million contract for service life analysis of MH-60S Sierra aircraft, the U.S. Defense Department (DoD) announced this...
Ukraine successfully test-fire Neptun anti-ship cruise missile
Ukraine successfully tested its indigenously developed, Neptun anti-ship cruise missiles system off the country’s south coast on 17 August.
In the south of the Odesa...
U.S. Navy awards contract to Trijicon for handgun reflex sights
US optics company Trijicon has been awarded a $7,6 million contract by the U.S. Navy for handgun reflex sights.
The contract, announced 14 August by...
USS John C. Stennis nuclear-powered aircraft carrier expects complex overhaul
The U.S. Navy awards contract to Huntington Ingalls Inc. for an advance planning for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the nuclear-powered aircraft...
Elbit Systems to supply EW suites for the Israeli Navy Sa’ar 6-class corvettes
Elbit Systems Ltd. has announced on Aug. 7 that company is awarded an approximately $85 million contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) to supply Electronic Warfare...
Boeing to deliver support equipment for T-45 Goshawk training jet aircraft
The U.S. Department of Defense said in a statement on 2 August that the U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing Co. a contract for T-45 Goshawk training jet...
U.S. Navy awards Huntington Ingalls with $165.5M contract for LPD 30
U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Inc. a $165.5 million, cost-plus-fixed-fee advance procurement contract to provide material and advance construction activities for LPD 30.
According to terms of the...
USS Charleston littoral combat ship successfully completes accpetance trials
The US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on 2 August has announced that newest USS Charleston (LCS 18) littoral combat ship successfully completed acceptance trials...