US Marine Corps fields new M18 Modular Handgun System
The US Marine Corps (USMC) Systems Command (MCSC) has started fielding the new service-wide pistol replacement, M18 Modular Handgun System.…
24 Sep 2020
USS George Washington aircraft carrier’s RCOH nears 80% completion
The refuelling and complex overhaul (RCOH) programme of the US Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) is nearly 80% complete. The programme is being carried out by…
24 Sep 2020
Saab to provide radar components for USMC AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR
Northrop Grumman has awarded a contract to Saab to support the US Marine Corps (USMC) AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR). The contract, valued at $36.7m, will see Saab provide…
23 Sep 2020
QinetiQ contracts Ultra to replace UK sonobuoy test facility system
QinetiQ has awarded a contract to Ultra to upgrade the entire Sonobuoy Test Facility (STF) system in the UK. The STF facility is located at the British Underwater Test &…
23 Sep 2020
HMS Queen Elizabeth fully loaded with F-35Bs ready for exercise
The Royal Navy’s first-in-class aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has embarked the largest number of fixed-wing aircraft yet as the vessel prepares to take centre stage in a NATO carrier…
23 Sep 2020
HII begins construction of new unmanned systems CoE
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has broken ground for a new Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence (CoE) in Hampton, Virginia, US. The project will feature two buildings with a total…
23 Sep 2020
Royal Navy minehunters participate in Anglo-American exercises
Two Royal Navy minehunters HMS Chiddingfold and Penzance have participated in an eight-day Anglo-American mine hunting exercise. They were joined by the UK’s minehunting mother/command ship RFA Cardigan Bay…