During the past week the Royal Navy's Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG), whose remit involves deploying a team of people with escape and rescue knowledge to the scene of a submarine in distress, has been training off Gibraltar.>> During the training 40 specialists, including three doctors, four medics and members of the Submarine Escape Training Tank, used a 'floating village' of 25-man life rafts to rescue various 'casualties', including the Commander of British Forces in Gibraltar, Commodore Matt Parr, from an imaginary submarine
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --- Air Force Research Laboratory officials here recently partnered with NASA to conduct materials experiments aboard the International Space Station.>> The project incorporates 500 materials samples into two suitcase-like containers attached to the exterior of the International Space Station
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Shortcomings discovered in testing have led to the Slovenia Defence Ministry canceling Israeli company Elbit as the supplier of the overhead remote controlled weapon stations for the 135 APCs bought by Slovenia from Finnish contractor Patria.>> The stations will instead be supplied by Norwegian company Kongsberg
Air Force Base Nellis, USA: Despite scorching heat and average tarmac temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius during flying hours, IAF technicians ensured a very high availability of aircraft for all exercise related requirements, during exercise Red Flag at Air Force base, Nevada, USA. The exercise concludes its operations on 23 Aug 08
Royal Navy Frigate HMS St Albans is being welcomed back into the fold of the Operational Fleet, following a successful inspection and a considerable refit in Scotland. During the docking period the Type 23 frigate received some significant upgrades including an improved air conditioning system for the crew
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. --- Lockheed Martin announced today that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing thermal vacuum testing at the company's Sunnyvale, Calif