Babcock’s plans for the Arrowhead 140 hit a setback this week, with Greece announcing that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with France’s Naval Group and MBDA to… Continue reading "Babcock Suffers Setback in Greece, Outlines Opportunities in Poland & Ireland"
Boeing and the U.S. Navy’s Naval Systems Air Command jointly announced on 27 September that the Navy had received its first new-production Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet. The first of… Continue reading "US Navy Takes Delivery Of First New Production Block III Super Hornet"
In a contract notification posted Monday the United State’s Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a fixed price, $756 million dollar contract to Boeing, for five P-8A Poseidon’s that will serve with the… Continue reading "$756 Million Contract Awarded to Boeing for German P-8As"
A United States Navy T-45C Goshawk trainer jet aircraft crashed in Lake Worth, Texas, roughly 3 kilometers northeast of the Joint Reserve Base at 11am on the 19 September. The… Continue reading "U.S Navy T-45C Trainer Jet Crashes, Injuring Two Sailors and Damaging Three Homes"
In a surprise move, Australia looks set to acquire nuclear-powered attack submarines in partnership with the United States and the United Kingdom. In a joint press conference, President Biden, Prime… Continue reading "Australia Goes Nuclear: Will Acquire Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarines"
In July of 2021, the U.S. Air Force kicked off one of its largest exercises involving fifth-generation aircraft. The exercise, dubbed Pacific Iron, encompassed a large swathe of the Pacific,… Continue reading "Lessons From The PACAF’s Pacific Iron Exercise."
On the 4 September, a CH-53K from (Evaluation Squadron One) VMX-1 recovered a Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter from Mount Hogue, California. The two-day operation marked the first operational debut of… Continue reading "CH-53K Lifts Stricken MH-60S During Operational Debut"
The U.S Navy (USN) and Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) ships conducted exercises in Palau on September 2nd. Ships USS Jackson (LCS 6), JS Kaga (DDH-184), JS Murasame (DD-101)… Continue reading "U.S & Japanese Navies Exercise in Palau"
Aircraft of the United States Navy’s Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and the Royal Navy’s UK Carrier Strike Group have conducted joint interoperability flights, the first time the two carrier… Continue reading "Carl Vinson and UK Carrier Strike Groups Train Together For First Time"
The U.S. Navy said on Wednesday that five sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln had been injured in a crash of an MH-60S Seahawk, after reporting that one of the… Continue reading "Five Missing, Five Other Sailors Injured After U.S. Navy Helicopter Crash"