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The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is expected to award contracts worth £350m for the new nuclear-armed submarines design this week, in a bid to replace the UK's current nuclear deterrent, Trident,...
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China to build two additional aircraft carriers, says Taiwan
China is planning to build two conventionally powered aircraft carriers in addition to its first warship as part of an aggressive effort to modernise its naval fleet, Taiwan's National...
US Navy’s seventh San Antonio-class ship completes builder's sea trials
The US Navy’s San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, Anchorage (LPD 23), has successfully completed builder's sea trials in the Gulf of...
Taiwan Navy to receive two Osprey-class vessels from US
The Taiwanese Navy is expected to receive two Northrop Grumman built-Osprey-class coastal minehunting ships, USS Oriole and USS Falcon, in the second half of 2012 from the...
CPI Aero to support ALMDS export sales to JMSDF
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has awarded a contract to CPI Aerostructures (CPI Aero) to supply pod structural housings for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) airborne laser...
Raytheon to modernise Phalanx systems
Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the US Navy to overhaul and upgrade nine Phalanx close-in weapon systems and to develop two SeaRAM anti-ship missile defence...
US Navy’s Aegis system completes first missile test
The US Navy's Lockheed Martin-built Aegis Combat System has successfully completed its first integrated air and missile defence test at the Navy's Vice Admiral James Doyle Combat...
MDA extends Canadian Navy’s Kingston-class vessels operational support
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed an agreement with SNC-Lavalin Defence Programs to extend its operational services for the Canadian Department of National Defence’s (DND)...
Lockheed to supply KC-130J Harvest HAWK kits to USMC
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a fixed-price contract for the supply of three additional Harvest Hercules airborne weapons kits (HAWK) to support the US Marine Corps' KC-130J...
South Korea seeks MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from US
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified US Congress of a possible foreign military sale of eight MH-60R Seahawk multi-mission helicopters to South...
US Navy’s X-47B UAV readies for first flight
The US Navy's first X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) is gearing up for its maiden flight at Patuxent River, Maryland,...
Mexican Navy receives final CN235-300 MPA from EADS
The Mexican Navy has received the fourth and final Airbus Military CN235-300 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) from EADS North America under a US foreign military sales (FMS)...
Lockheed demonstrates new standalone launching system
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated the newest version of its launching system at the Royal Australian Air Force's Woomera test range in South...
DLS to begin full production of MIDS JTRS
The US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) has awarded a contract to Data Link Solutions (DLS) to provide multifunctional information distribution system joint tactical radio...
European Union (EU) launches first land attack on Somali pirates
The European Union's anti-piracy force has launched its first ever land-based attack on Somali pirates, destroying speedboats, fuel and ammunition stores during an air...
US Navy receives LM2500 gas turbines from GE Marine
The US Navy has taken delivery of eight LM2500 aero-derivative marine gas turbines from GE Marine that will power Arleigh Burke-class DDG 113 and DDG 115 destroyers as part of the DDG 51...
Northrop to supply Litening G4 targeting pods for USMC
The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman to provide LITENING G4 advanced targeting...
ITT Exelis receives US Navy NGJ technology maturation extension contract
The US Navy has awarded an extension contract to ITT Exelis for the technology maturation phase of the next generation jammer (NGJ)...
UK chief of defence staff justifies changes to JSF capability
General Sir David Richards, the UK chief of the defence staff, has explained the reasons behind the major U-turn taken by the UK Government for the country's Future Aircraft Carrier...
USS George Washington validates its fire-fighting system
The US Navy has successfully conducted countermeasure washdown system testing on its Japan-based nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier the USS George Washington's (CVN 73) as part of...
US Navy and MDA complete BMD system intercept flight test
The US Navy and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have jointly conducted an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) 4.0.1 system flight test aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser...
