The United States Navy will christen two nuclear-propelled attack submarines of the Virginia class, 2 in separate ceremonies on Saturday. The submarines, USS Delaware (SSN 791) and USS Vermont (SSN 792) are Virginia-class attack submarines whose construction began in 2013 and 2014 respectively and are scheduled to be delivered to the Navy next year
The Estonian Ministry of Defence has delivered cybersecurity training and a cyber-range exercise to cyber defenders in the Ministry of Defence, Singapore, and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Following the Memorandum of Understanding signed on the 19th of January 2018. The training took place at Singapore's Cyber Defence Test and Evaluation Centre (CyTEC) and was delivered by the Estonian Defence Forces Cyber Range which provides training opportunities from individual level training up to large scale international exercises, Estonian MoD said in a statement Monday
The Czech Air Force has completed the MS20 capability upgrade to its fleet of Gripen fighter aircraft. The MS20 upgrades include incorporating unguided and laser-guided bombs, new radar modes into the aircraft payload
A progress report about China's home-made aircraft carrier, designated 002 will be made at the upcoming 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) showing the importance the CPC attaches to indigenous defence technology development. The carrier, whose manufacturer the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corp (DSIC), a subsidiary of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) had announced earlier that the vessels would be completed ahead of schedule
The US military has successfully dropped eight PDU-5/B leaflet bombs from B-52 Stratofortress bombers to test its ability to drop the bomb from its external hardpoints. The 419th Flight Test Squadron recently completed two successful sorties where a B-52 released eight PDU-5/B leaflet bombs over the Point Mugu Sea Test Range and eight more over the Precision Impact Range Area on Edwards Air Force Base, USAF said in a statement Wednesday
The US Air Forces first F-35 Lightning II operational wing has recently received five F-35A bulk ammunition loaders for field use. Airmen extensively tested one of the loaders June 6-9, 2017, during an engineering validation and verification evaluation, the service announced Wednesday
Lockheed Martin laid the keel for the tenth Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS), the LCS-19 and future U.S
Lockheed Martin manufactured seventh Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit has been commissioned by the US Navy on Saturday. USS Detroit is the fourth Freedom-variant in the LCS class
Lockheed Martin has delivered the seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to the US Navy on Friday. The fourth Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship is scheduled to be commissioned in Detroit on Oct
Turkey has issued a request for proposal to procure six Liaison and General Purpose Aircraft (GMU) shall be procured in order to carry/drop material and personnel for Turkish Land Forces (TurLF). According to the RFP floated by Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) on Tuesday, “The Company who will receive RFP shall have Facility Security Clearance at appropriate level and shall present this document to SSM during delivery of the RFP