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• Defence Notes

  Boeing suspends production at Puget Sound until further notice

  6th April 2020

  Boeing announced on 5 April that it is extending the suspension of production in at its plants in the Puget Sound area and Moses Lake …

• Air Warfare

  Sukhoi prepares for Su-57 deliveries

  6th April 2020

  Sukhoi Corporation plans to start deliveries this year of its Su-57 fifth-generation fighter for the Russian Aerospace Forces despite the December 2019 crash of a test aircraft …

• Naval Warfare

  HII set to build next USN amphibious transport dock

  6th April 2020

  Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has been awarded a $1.5 billion fixed-price-incentive modification to a previous contract for the construction of an amphibious transport dock LPD …

• Naval Warfare

  USS Delaware joins USN fleet

  6th April 2020

  The USN commissioned USS Delaware (SSN-791) on 4 April, welcoming it as the 18th Virginia-class attack submarine in the fleet. The vessel has been designed …

• Special Operations

  Denmark to provide EH101s for Task Force Takuba

  6th April 2020

  Denmark will provide an undisclosed number of EH101 helicopters as its main contribution to a multinational task force to bolster security in the Sahel, Shephard has learned.  …

• Naval Warfare

  South Korea installs HUSS to protect ports

  3rd April 2020

  South Korea has finished installing a new indigenously developed surveillance system that can monitor ports against threats such as surface vessels, submarines, submersibles, divers or …

• Naval Warfare

  As Operation Irini starts, the question is who will benefit?

  3rd April 2020

  The EU’s new maritime security mission, created to aid enforcing the UN arms embargo on Libya, officially stood up this week as the bloc shifts …

• Defence Helicopter

  RNLAF receives first upgraded Chinook

  3rd April 2020

  Boeing announced on 3 April that it has delivered the first of 20 CH-47F Chinook helicopters to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). The helicopter …

• Defence Notes

  Czech Army cancels Bahna 2020 event

  3rd April 2020

  The Czech Army has cancelled the 31st Bahna event, which was scheduled to take place on 20 June at Brdy Military Area. The decision was …

• Digital Battlespace

  Waveform translation simplifies special forces communications

  3rd April 2020

  Joint terminal attack controllers (JTACs) have numerous tools at their disposal to communicate with aircraft overhead providing close air support (CAS). In recent years, US …

• Land Warfare

  Ukraine test fires Neptune cruise missile

  3rd April 2020

  The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine has confirmed that the Armed Forces have carried out a successful test of the Neptune ground-based cruise …

• Air Warfare

  SNC hypersonic engine passes next stage of OpFires programme

  3rd April 2020

  Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has progressed to the next phase of the Defence Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) Operational Fires (OpFires) programme with its Vortex …

• Naval Warfare

  Raytheon nets MDA’s first-ever multiyear contract

  3rd April 2020

  Raytheon has locked in $2.1 billion in orders for Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB interceptors, in a watershed development that marks the first time the …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  UAV Navigation FCS integrated with Sky Power Engines

  3rd April 2020

  Spain-based UAV Navigation has teamed up with Germany’s Sky Power to design modernised flight control solutions (FCS). As a result, the FCS used by UAV …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Boeing to deliver more MQ-25 refuelling UAS for USN

  3rd April 2020

  Boeing has been awarded a contract modification to provide three more MQ-25 unmanned refuelling aircraft for the USN, bringing the total order number to seven. …