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Naval Warfare

NATO to strengthen its Baltic Sea presence after new cable cutting incident

The vessel suspected of cutting cables has been boarded by the Finnish Coast Guard, and Estonia has launched naval protection patrols.

Naval Warfare

How bad management could put the US Navy’s cruiser fleet far behind Chinese capabilities

While China has been rapidly advancing with the development of the Type 055 class, the US Navy has been struggling to progress with the modernisation of its cruiser fleet.

Land Warfare

China’s airborne force receives next-gen infantry fighting vehicles

Some amendments address weaknesses proven in the Ukraine conflict.

Air Warfare

Assessing Saab’s future as an independent combat aircraft developer

Can Sweden’s Saab continue to go it alone in the fighter jet market, or could it boost its profile by forging new partnerships?

Featured Industry Spotlights

Land Warfare

DEFEA 2025 – The Future of Global Defence and Security

Naval Warfare

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Naval Warfare

Pioneering the Future of Naval Defence: Fincantieri's Cutting-Edge Innovations

Training

AI innovation set to revolutionise military training landscape

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Defence Helicopter

Rockwell Collins transportable Black Hawk simulator headed to Bahrain

10th March 2010

The Kingdom of Bahrain has selected the Rockwell Collins Transportable Blackhawk Operations Simulator (T-BOS) to train their UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter pilots. The T-BOS will be …
Defence Notes

Great Lakes announces February 2010 traffic

9th March 2010

Great Lakes Aviation has reported its preliminary passenger traffic results for February 2010. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) showed a slight increase, by 0.4%, at 9,672,000 …
Defence Notes

Frontier lengthens Anchorage seasonal service

9th March 2010

Frontier Airlines is to extend its seasonal service to Anchorage, Alaska, by three weeks and will also reintroduce a Saturday daytime flight. The seasonal nonstop …
Defence Notes

Alaska, Horizon launch travel apps for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile

9th March 2010

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have launched three mobile applications designed for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile users. The free applications are available for download …
Defence Notes

Aer Lingus posts ?81m operating loss

9th March 2010

Aer Lingus Group has released an unaudited trading update for the year ended 31 December 2009 indicating that losses deepened considerably last year. The airline …
Defence Notes

DFW?Augusta service for American Eagle

9th March 2010

American Eagle Airlines is to launch nonstop service using Embraer ERJ 145s between Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and Augusta Regional Airport (AGS) in Georgia, beginning on …
Defence Notes

Wizz Air deploys web check-in in Romania, introduces WIZZ Flex

9th March 2010

Wizz Air has now fully deployed its web check-in service in Romania and also introduced extra flexibility to passengers’ booking options with WIZZ Flex. Web …
Defence Notes

New VP sales, distribution and loyalty for Republic?s brands

9th March 2010

Republic Airways Holdings has promoted James Reichart, a 24-year veteran of Midwest Airlines, to the key position within the company's branded network of vice-president of …
Defence Notes

Combined February traffic announced for SkyWest and ASA

9th March 2010

SkyWest, Inc, parent company of SkyWest Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA), has reported combined traffic figures for the two carriers. For the pair, the …
Defence Notes

American Eagle announces DFW?Fayetteville service

9th March 2010

American Eagle Airlines will begin nonstop service between Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and Fayetteville Municipal Airport in North Carolina on 10 June using 44-seat Embraer ERJ …
Defence Notes

Continued passenger growth at airBaltic in February

9th March 2010

airBaltic reports that it carried 186,512 passengers in February 2010, an increase of 27% compared with the same month in 2009, when it transported 147,425 …
Defence Notes

bmibaby re-signs with Dunlop Aircraft Tyres

9th March 2010

Dunlop Aircraft Tyres has landed a three-year contract worth more than £1 million with UK-based low-fare airline bmibaby. The agreement will see the tyre manufacturer …
Defence Notes

Webloyalty launches in Germany with extended Ryanair relationship

9th March 2010

Webloyalty, a provider of incremental revenue for online businesses, has announced its further expansion into Europe by launching operations in Germany with Ryanair as the …
Defence Notes

Pinnacle Airlines? February performance data released

9th March 2010

Pinnacle Airlines Corporation has announced capacity and operational results for its Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. subsidiary for February 2010. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) totalled 302,172,000, a …
Defence Notes

Colgan Air announces February 2010 performance stats

9th March 2010

Pinnacle Airlines Corporation has released capacity and operational results for its Colgan Air subsidiary for February 2010. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) showed a small drop …
Military Logistics

Raytheon awarded $152 million for Patriot engineering services

9th March 2010

Raytheon Company was awarded a $152.4 million contract modification to provide engineering services for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. This contract from the …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Army approaches million unmanned flying hours

9th March 2010

The Army is fast approaching one million hours of unmanned aviation flight with its unmanned aerial systems. "Right now it looks like we'll hit probably …
Defence Helicopter

Canadian Helicopters Income Fund awarded additional work in Afghanistan by United States Transportation Command

9th March 2010

Canadian Helicopters Income Fund, the largest helicopter transportation services company operating in Canada, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded additional work in …
Defence Helicopter

HMH-361 transports Marines to hills of Camp Pendleton

9th March 2010

Four CH-53E “Super Stallions” from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 traveled to the grassy hills of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to perform a troop …