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Oxygen System Problems Ground US Navy T-45 Trainer Fleet

April 6, 2017 @ 01:47 PM

The US Navy has grounded its fleet of T-45 trainer jets on Wednesday following instructor pilots refusal to fly, raising concerns about the oxygen systems' efficiency as the aviators are experiencing light-headedness and blackouts. “We take the concerns of our air crew seriously and have directed a two-day safety pause for the T-45 community to allow time for naval aviation leadership to engage with the pilots, hear their concerns and discuss the risk mitigations, as well as the efforts that are ongoing to correct this issue,” Cmdr
Northrop Grumman To Upgrade Navigation Systems Of French E-2C Hawkeye AEW Aircraft...

March 30, 2017 @ 09:10 AM

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract to upgrade navigation systems and displays of French Navy's three E-2C Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning Aircraft. “Northrop Grumman Systems Corp
BAE Systems To Modernize US Navy's Guided Missile Cruiser

March 17, 2017 @ 11:22 AM

BAE Systems has won a $42.9 million contract from US Navy for the modernization of the USS Vicksburg (CG 69), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser
Retired Admiral Charged In US Navy Bribery Scandal

March 15, 2017 @ 09:54 AM

The latest development in a 3-year old corruption scandal involving the US Navy officers for selling military secrets to an Asian defense contractor, has come to attention again with the arrest of an official on Tuesday. Bruce Loveless, who recently retired, became the second admiral charged in the investigation, increasing the number of current and former officials charged to 20 in one of the Navy's worst corruption scandals, AP reported Tuesday
BAE Systems To Upgrade USS Roosevelt Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer

February 1, 2017 @ 11:36 AM

BAE Systems has won a $51.3 million US Navy contract for the maintenance and modernization of the USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer
UK Government Hides Trident II D5 Nuclear Missile Test Failure: Local Media

January 23, 2017 @ 01:53 PM

A failed test of the Trident nuclear deterrent was kept in secret by UK government, weeks prior to a crucial House of Commons vote on the future of the submarine-launched missile system. There was serious malfunction in the Trident II D5 missile that caused failure after being launched from a British submarine off the coast of Florida in June,
USAF Tests Nuclear-Capable Air-Launched Cruise Missile From B-52 Bomber

January 20, 2017 @ 03:17 PM

US Air Force has tested three unarmed AGM-86B air-launched cruise missiles (ACLM) from a B-52H bomber. The B-52H aircrews departed Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, for the Utah Test and Training Range, about 80 miles west of Salt Lake City, and launched the unarmed ALCMs during three separate sorties, US Air Force Material Command announced in a statement Thursday
Thales To Modernize Master Radars For Swiss Air Force

January 19, 2017 @ 08:36 AM

Thales has won a 74 million Euros contract to modernize Master radars over a period of 60 months for Swiss Air Force as part of the FLORAKO program. This contract will be the main order within the broader FLORAKO radars life extension project approved by the Swiss government in 2016, the company announced Wednesday
Lockheed Martin To Procure Undersea Surveillance System For US Navy

January 14, 2017 @ 12:45 PM

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems has won a $120 million contract to procure Technical Insertion 16 Acoustic-Rapid-Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Insertion (A-RCI) engineering services and the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS). A-RCI is a sonar system that integrates and improves towed array, hull array, sphere array, and other ship sensor processing through rapid insertion of COTS-based hardware and software, the serivice announced Friday
BAE Systems Sells San Francisco Ship Repair Business To Puglia Engineering

January 4, 2017 @ 01:35 PM

BAE Systems has sold San Francisco ship repair business to Puglia Engineering which currently operates two shipyards in USA. BAE Systems operates six full-service shipyards in Alabama, California, Florida, Hawaii and Virginia, offering ship repair, maintenance, modernization, conversion, and overhaul services for the US Navy, other government agencies and select commercial customers

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