On the 28 December President Biden signed the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act into law, the Senate signed off on the NDAA on December 15, passing on the… Continue reading "Here’s What The Navy Gets As The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act Is Signed Into Law"
The State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) to the Government of France. Both systems… Continue reading "France gets FMS Approval for EMALS and AAG"
The United States Navy has announced the completion of all 11 Advanced Weapons Elevators aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford. The 11th and final Advanced Weapons Elevator of the aircraft… Continue reading "USS Gerald R. Ford’s Final Advanced Weapons Elevators Completed"
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense has announced that both of the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, will be operationally deployed next year.… Continue reading "Both UK Aircraft Carriers To Be Operationally Deployed In 2022"
The Boeing-made MQ-25A Stingray has moved to aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on 2 December, marking the start of deck trials for the unmanned carrier-borne tanker. The aircraft dubbed,… Continue reading "MQ-25 To Begin Deck Trials Aboard USS George H.W. Bush"
Italy became the third nation to operate its F-35Bs from the HMS Queen Elizabeth on November 22, with an Italian Air Force F-35B and an Italian Navy F-35B landing on… Continue reading "Italian and UK Carrier Strike Group F-35s Conduct First Crossdeck Flight Operations"
CSG 8’s flagship, USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Carrier Strike Group completed Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). The carrier departed Norfolk, Va. September 30, to conduct COMPTUEX, which would… Continue reading "Truman CSG’s COMPTUEX Comes to An End, Deployment to Follow"
On September 13, T1, one of the Boeing-owned MQ-25 test aircraft conducted a historic aerial refueling with an F-35C from the Navy’s Air Test Wing and Evaluation Squadron Two Three… Continue reading "How the MQ-25 Solves the Navy’s Decade Long Issue with New Technology"
Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) delivered Visakhapatnam (D66), the first ship of Project 15B destroyer class, to the Indian Navy on October 28. Project 15B is a class of… Continue reading "Indian Navy Looks Ahead To Fleet Expansion With INS Visakhapatnam Delivery"
UK and Indian armed forces conducted their maiden bilateral tri-service exercise, Konkan Shakti 2021, from October 21 to 27, 2021. The exercise was an outcome of the India-UK 2030 Roadmap… Continue reading "UK-India maiden Tri-service Exercise Konkan Shakti Concludes"