The Italian Air Forces 32nd wing, which operates the remote controlled aircraft known as Predator, completed their first tasking with the EU Naval Force On Tuesday 4 September. The Italian Predator team, which is based in Djibouti, carried out a successful 11 hour check test flight and was able to highlight its effectiveness in carrying out long-range surveillance and reconnaissance patrols
Northrop Grumman Corporation has won the contract to continue providing staff to conduct peacekeeping operations and humanitarianism assistance training for the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) program. The contract has a potential value of $150 million over five years
Mission Essential Personnel, Columbus, was awarded on May 7 a $679,000,000 contract. This contract action seeks the continuation of linguist/translation services which provide our forces with the ability to communicate effectively with the local populace, gather information for force protection, and interact with foreign military units in Afghanistan
Malaysia gave a rousing welcome to its first submarine on Thursday with the king saying that the acquisition of the vessel is the government's biggest commitment to enhance the capability of its armed forces to safeguard the country's sovereignty. The Scorpene submarine, named KD Tunku Abdul Rahman after the country's first premier, arrived at a naval base in Pulau Indah after a 54-day journey from France making stops at Jeddah, Djibouti and Cochin