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Israel integrates Barak MX Interceptors on its newest corvettes
Irsaely state-owned aerospace giant Israel Aircraft Industries, better known as IAI, announced that it is integrating offensive and defensive systems, to enhance the 'Sa'ar 6' corvette's capabilities. In a release, IAI said the integration of Barak MX Interceptors...
Future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. completes acceptance trials
The future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) guided-missile destroyer successfully completed acceptance trials, according to a press release issued Friday by Huntington Ingalls Industries. According to a company news release, its Ingalls Shipbuilding division completed the...
Japanese submarine hunter slides off runway at Gifu
A Kawasaki P-1 patrol aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force collapse at Air Self-Defense Force Gifu Airbase on September 7, 2021. According to the Maritime Self-Defense Force, at around 4 pm on the 7th, at the Air Self-Defense...
Northrop Grumman ramps up production of new G/ATOR radars
Defense giant Northrop Grumman Corp. has ramped up production of its newest AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) multi-mission radar systems, according to a company news release. As noted by the company, Northrop...
Huntington Ingalls successfully completes builder’s trials for U.S. Navy’s newest destroyer
Huntington Ingalls Industries, America's largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of manufacturing, announced it successfully completed builder’s trials for U.S. Navy's newest destroyer. As noted by the company, the guided-missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121)...
Saab to expand capabilities of Sweden future submarine
Defense and aerospace group Saab on Friday announced that it received a further order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) to continue the development and production, as well as expand the capabilities, of the two A26...
U.S. Navy Seabees builds wooden military vehicles
Engineers from U.S. Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Seabees, have assembled from sheets of plywood replicas of combat vehicles. According to a recent Navy news release, Steelworkers, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, have...
U.S. Marine Corps robotic launcher becomes global sensation
A new robotic vehicle equipped with two Naval Strike Missiles has become an “internet sensation” after Large Scale Exercise in Hawaii. The newest robotic combat vehicle has become the hero of news reports around the world and footage...