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Airbus Team to Bid H145M for Australian Special Forces

Airbus Team to Bid H145M for Australian Special Forces

BRISBANE, Australia — Airbus Helicopters has joined hands with over 20 Australian partners to form Team Nightjar, as the consortium launches its solution to Project LAND 2097 Phase 4. Under this Project, the Commonwealth of Australia is seeking a fleet of helicopters to support the Australian Defe…
House Defense Spending Report Shows Bad Blood with Pentagon

House Defense Spending Report Shows Bad Blood with Pentagon

A House panel report accompanying the latest Pentagon spending bill reveals enormous ill will between defense appropriators and the department they fund.

The “contravention of the constitutional authority of the United States Congress has now become habitual,” the House Defense Appropriations Sub…

Saudi, UK, US Minehunters Train in Persian Gulf

Saudi, UK, US Minehunters Train in Persian Gulf

MANAMA, Bahrain — Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), Royal Navy and U.S. Navy forces participated in mine countermeasures (MCM) interoperability training in the Arabian Gulf June 6-21.

U.S. Navy mine countermeasures ships (MCMs) operated alongside mine countermeasures vessels (MCMV) from the Roya…

US Navy Touts Littoral Combat Ship Role in Pacific

US Navy Touts Littoral Combat Ship Role in Pacific

TOKYO — A stand-off this spring between China and Malaysia in the South China Sea was a chance for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships to prove their mettle.

The USS Gabrielle Giffords and the USS Montgomery helped stave off Chinese intimidation of a Malaysian-contracted drillship — the West …

Philippine Navy Commissions First Korean-Built Frigate

Philippine Navy Commissions First Korean-Built Frigate

MANILA — The acquisition of the Philippines’ first missile-frigate, the BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150), highlights the government’s commitment to protecting the country, the chief of the Philippine Navy (PN) said on Friday.

“This newest addition to our naval assets is a testament and the reflection o…

Royal Navy OPVs Escort Russian Task Group Through Channel

Royal Navy OPVs Escort Russian Task Group Through Channel

Royal Navy warships shadowed the progress of a four-strong Russian task group as it sailed up the Channel and into the North Sea.

Just a fortnight after HMS Westminster kept close watch on destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov sailing through the Dover Strait, patrol ships HMS Tyne and Severn were on ha…

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