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GE Marine Delivers First Lightweight Composite Gas Turbine Module to Austal USA...

June 11, 2020 @ 05:11 AM

GE Marine announced Wednesday it delivered its first new lightweight LM2500 composite gas turbine module to Austal USA for the future USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) Independence-class littoral combat ship. This new module, which was fully certified by the United States Navy in 2019 after receiving MIL-S-901D shock qualification, provides a 5,500-pound weight savings (50% wall weight reduction) and 60% quieter enclosure
Ukraine to Upgrade Pakistan Air Force Il-78 Tanker Plane

June 4, 2020 @ 12:22 PM

Ukraines state-owned Ukrspetsexport company
US Navy completes Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Carry Test

June 3, 2020 @ 02:13 PM

The US Navy completed the first captive carry flight test of an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) missile on an F/A-18 Super Hornet June 1 at the Patuxent River test range, a US Navy release said. AARGM-ER is being integrated on the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G, and will also be compatible for integration on the F-35A/B/C
Possible Last Roscosmos Spaceflight with US Astronaut on Board in October

May 31, 2020 @ 01:03 PM

Russian space agency, Roscosmos announced possibly its last Soyuz flight with a US astronaut on Friday, a day ahead of a successful SpaceX launch which meant future NASA manned missions will be performed from US soil. “The main composition (crew) include Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins for the Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS) in October of this year,” a statement from Roscosmos said Friday
India to get 3 US Navy MH-60R Helicopters in 2020

May 27, 2020 @ 09:35 AM

The Indian Navy will receive three new (undelivered) MH-60R helicopters formerly meant for the US Navy by the end of this year. “The US Navy has allowed us to leverage three helicopters from their inventory of brand new aircraft that have never been introduced into the fleet – in order to provide them to the Indian Navy so they can begin training on a more accelerated basis than might normally be possible,” Tom Kane, Director, Sikorsky Naval Helicopter Programs told
Wagner Mercenaries Exit from Libya Dents Haftar's Ranks

May 26, 2020 @ 12:47 PM

Russia-based Wagner mercenaries fighting for Libyan warlord, Khalifa Haftar have begun leaving the battlefield causing a huge dent in the military capabilities of the Libyan National Army (LNA). Multiple news sources in the Middle East and Turkey reported that the Wagner Group, believed to be working for hefty pay packages, have been evacuated in several AN-32 aircraft
Pakistan Airlines Airbus A320 with 100 Onboard Crashes

May 22, 2020 @ 11:16 AM

An Airbus A320 airplane operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) carrying around 100 people crashed in a congested residential area near Karachi Airport on Friday afternoon. The Lahore-Karachi PK 803 flight allegedly crashed a minute away from the airport
Libyan Army Destroys 4 more of Haftar’s Pantsir S1 Systems

May 20, 2020 @ 11:59 AM

The Libyan Army blew up four Pantsir S1 air defense systems operated by the militia lead by renegade commander Khalifa Belqasim Haftar. "Our forces managed to destroy four Pantsir-type air defense systems on Wednesday, including three in Tarhuna," Mohamed Qanunu, a spokesman for the government-led Operation Volcano of Rage, said in a statement
Booz Allen Bags Pentagon’s $800M Artificial Intelligence Contract

May 19, 2020 @ 06:10 AM

Booz Allen Hamilton has won $800 million task order to provide artificial intelligence services to the Department of Defenses Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC). Under the five-year contract, the company will provide AI-enabled products to the JAIC, a DoD entity dedicated to advancing the use of AI across the department
KONGSBERG’s MCT-30 Turret Selected for US Marine Corps ACV Program

May 13, 2020 @ 05:01 PM

German firm AS KONGSBERG has been selected by BAE Systems to design and manufacture the remote Medium Caliber Turret (MCT) for the United States Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) -30 program. KONGSBERG will deliver up to 150 MCTs in a phased program as part of this contract

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