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Air Warfare
Should the US be concerned about the state of its nuclear arsenal?
“We are going to get spare parts out of museums,” warns a former commander of USSTRATCOM.
Land Warfare
Israel set to order more JLTVs and missile boats
The Nagel Committee has been established to examine defence spending and IDF military force design for the future in the wake of last year’s 7 October Hamas attack on Israel.
Naval Warfare
First UK autonomous XL military submarine is put through in-water testing
The BAE Systems Herne XLAUV has hit the water.
Naval Warfare
US Senate approves additional $175 million for Coast Guard’s FY2025 procurement
Extra funds will enable the branch to manage vessel acquisition programmes better.
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Naval Warfare
Autonomous Mine Hunting: Supplying the British Solution (Studio)
Navies around the world are increasingly looking at autonomous systems for the mine countermeasures (MCM) mission.
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Defence Helicopter
Lockheed Martin to offer MEP package for US Army JMR/FVL
5th August 2013
Lockheed Martin will offer a mission equipment package (MEP) solution to meet requirements for the Joint Multi-Role/Future Vertical Lift (JMR/FVL) rotary wing programme, the company …
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Naval Warfare
US Navy orders 13 P-8A Poseidon aircraft
2nd August 2013
Boeing will supply 13 additional P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the US Navy under a recently signed $1.98 billion contract announced on 1 August. The order …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
French Navy tests new AUVs
29th July 2013
The French Navy has been conducting operational trials for what will be their first AUV for mine warfare, it announced on 23 July. The …
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Military Logistics
USMC support contract contenders build up
19th July 2013
Jacobs Engineering has become the latest in a swathe of companies contracted to provide logistics support to the US Marine Corp Logistics Command (LOGCOM). The …
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Military Logistics
Australia contracts LHD and AWD support improvements
19th July 2013
The Australian DoD has appointed a managing contractor to lead improvements to naval facilities in Sydney that will support the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) new …
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Naval Warfare
UK Astute submarine finally ready for operations
18th July 2013
The first Astute-class submarine has been handed over to the Royal Navy for operations almost three years after it was commissioned. BAE Systems Maritime announced …
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Digital Battlespace
Nvidia aiming to exploit massive data hauls
17th July 2013
Nvidia has launched the Geospatial Intelligence (GeoInt) Accelerator designed to generate faster processing speed of surveillance data, the company has stated. Sumit Gupta, GM for accelerated …
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Digital Battlespace
USN awaits MUOS-2 launch
17th July 2013
The second satellite of the five-strong Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation will be launched on 19 July, Lockheed Martin has announced. Due to lift-off …
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Naval Warfare
Centurion to live test-fire later in 2013
16th July 2013
Raytheon and Chemring will conduct the first live-fire missile test of its Centurion naval protection system later this year. According to company executives, the exercise …
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Military Logistics
Canadian subs struggling for full operational capability
15th July 2013
The Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) has admitted that only a single Victoria-class submarine is ‘fully-operational’ with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), despite signing …
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Naval Warfare
US Navy Poseidon passes evaluation milestone
15th July 2013
The US Navy’s new P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) has passed its Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E). The maritime surveillance aircraft was found …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Malfunction sees X-47B abort final carrier landing
12th July 2013
A malfunction on board the X-47B UAV forced the air vehicle to abort its third test-landing on the US Navy aircraft carrier, USS George H W Bush, …
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Naval Warfare
Raytheon awarded US Navy jammer contract
10th July 2013
Raytheon will conduct the Technology Development phase of the US Navy's Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) programme following the company’s selection for a $279.4 million cost-plus-incentive-fee …
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Naval Warfare
BAE Systems wins $40 million US Navy canister award
3rd July 2013
BAE Systems will produce canisters for the storage, transport and launch of a wide range of missiles used by the US Navy under a new …
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Defence Helicopter
First Australian MH-60R Seahawk Romeo takes flight
3rd July 2013
The first MH-60R Seahawk Romeo helicopter in production for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has completed its first test flight at Sikorsky’s Production Facility in …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Camcopter S-100 completes 'DeckFinder' flight tests
3rd July 2013
Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has recently conducted a series of flight trials with EADS Astrium’s Pseudolite-based ‘DeckFinder’ local positioning system. The successful …
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Military Logistics
Norway picks BMT design for its new logistics ship
1st July 2013
The Aegir logistics support vessel (LSV) design from BMT Defence Services has been selected by Norway for its logistics support ship requirement – known as Project …
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Naval Warfare
BAE Systems announces US Navy Mk 41 VLS contract
28th June 2013
BAE Systems will advance the development of the US Navy’s Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) under a new $91.4 million contract announced on 27 …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Rockwell Collins technologies used in RQ-21A tests
25th June 2013
When the US Navy’s RQ-21A Integrator Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) completed its first flight tests at sea recently, technologies provided by Rockwell Collins …
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