Yearly Archive: 2020

MOSCOW — The Amur Shipyard in the Russian Far East will launch the construction of a new series of Project 20380 and Project 20385 corvettes for the Navy in 2021, a source in the shipbuilding industry told TASS on Wednesday.

“The first ships out of six corvettes stipulated by the contract will …

EVENDALE, OHIO — GE Marine announced a contract to provide Fincantieri Marinette Marine with a GE LM2500+G4 aeroderivative marine gas turbine to power the United States Navy’s Constellation class (FFG 62) frigate. GE also will provide the gas turbine auxiliary skids (electric start, fuel forwardin…

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — General Dynamics Land Systems this month has delivered two Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) preproduction vehicles to the U.S. Army, and two more will be delivered by the end of December.

These four vehicles complete the requirement of 12 MPF preproduction vehicles tha…

BALTIMORE — Northrop Grumman Corporation was recently awarded a contract from the U.S. Army for XM813 Bushmaster Chain Guns as part of the Stryker Medium Caliber Weapon System 30mm Lethality Upgrade program. The base contract and first delivery order calls for 95 chain guns with initial deliveries…

ROME — A ground-breaking ceremony for the new International Flight Training School was celebrated today at the Italian Air Force’s base in Decimomannu (Sardinia – Italy).

Italian Defence Undersecretary Hon. Giulio Calvisi, the Sardinian Region’s Governor Hon. Christian Solinas, Italian Chief o…