Yearly Archive: 2020

PLA’s New Type 075 Amphib Prepares for More Sea Trials

PLA’s New Type 075 Amphib Prepares for More Sea Trials

The Chinese mainland’s first Type 075 amphibious assault ship was recently spotted on the doorstep of the South China Sea, close to the island of Taiwan, Taiwan media reported, leading Chinese mainland military experts to say that the vessel could be conducting another sea trial session in the more …
Norway Sues DNV Certification Office over Sunken Frigate

Norway Sues DNV Certification Office over Sunken Frigate

In one of the most painful peacetime losses in the history of the Norwegian Armed Forces, the frigate Helge Ingstad collided with the tanker Sola TS in November 2018 while heading back from Trident Juncture, a major series of NATO drills; it suffered a 45-metre-long gash and sunk shortly after.

T…

GAO Reports on US Navy’s Failed Hybrid Electric Drive Program

GAO Reports on US Navy’s Failed Hybrid Electric Drive Program

In 2009, the Secretary of the Navy set goals to reduce fuel consumption and, 2 years later, initiated a program to install Hybrid Electric Drive (HED) systems on its fleet of Arleigh Burke class (DDG 51 Flight IIA) destroyers. The HED system draws surplus power from the ship’s electric system and us…
DOD Needs to Further Refine and Formalize Its Reforms

DOD Needs to Further Refine and Formalize Its Reforms

The Department of Defense (DOD) has made progress in establishing valid and reliable cost baselines for its enterprise business operations and has additional efforts ongoing.

DOD’s January 2020 report responding to section 921 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for F…

Royal Air Force Concludes its Largest Exercise in a Decade

Royal Air Force Concludes its Largest Exercise in a Decade

The largest military exercise to be run by the Royal Air Force in the UK for many years has finished after three weeks of complex air activities.

The Exercise, called Exercise Crimson Warrior, involved personnel and aircraft from the Royal Air Force as well as the Royal Navy, British Army, United…

USAF Completes Hearings for First B-21 Main Operating Base

USAF Completes Hearings for First B-21 Main Operating Base

BARKSDALE AFB, La. — The Air Force concluded the final of four virtual public hearings Oct. 22 as part of the on-going Environmental Impact Statement for the first B-21 Main Operating Base.

The EIS hearings provided the public an opportunity to comment on the draft EIS, which was posted online…

AvioBlog - Tutte le ultime notizie aeronautiche civili e militari