Yearly Archive: 2022

Bath Iron Works, Ingalls to Compete for DDG(X) Destroyer Design

Bath Iron Works, Ingalls to Compete for DDG(X) Destroyer Design

Bath Iron Works (BIW), Bath, Maine (N00024-22-C-2318); and Huntington Ingalls Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding (Ingalls), Pascagoula, Mississippi (N00024-22-C-2319), are being awarded cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and firm-fixed-price contracts for shipbuilder engineering and design analysis i…
Four More HIMARS in Latest $270M US Arms Package for Ukraine

Four More HIMARS in Latest $270M US Arms Package for Ukraine

Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced $270 million in additional security assistance for Ukraine. This includes President Biden’s announcement of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $175 million, as well as $95 million in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (…
Greece Proceeds with Purchase of F-35, Wants 20 Initially

Greece Proceeds with Purchase of F-35, Wants 20 Initially

ATHENS — Greece has sent an official request to the United States for the purchase of 20 Lockheed Martin-made F-35 fighter jets, the country’s prime minister said on Thursday.

NATO member Greece spends more than 2% of its gross domestic product on defence spending. It has beefed up its military…

Germany Reveals New Force Model for NATO from 2025

Germany Reveals New Force Model for NATO from 2025

BERLIN — In order to meet the growing threats, particularly from Russia, NATO is reorganizing itself. This also includes the New Force Model, in which Germany will participate with more than 30,000 soldiers and 85 ships and aircraft in the first 30 days after the force has been activated. It will …
Royal Navy Training Ukrainians to Operate Minehunters

Royal Navy Training Ukrainians to Operate Minehunters

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Havrylov and UK Armed Forces Minister James Heappey met Ukrainian sailors being trained by the Royal Navy in Scotland and visited infantry training by the Army in England.

Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister has met soldiers and sailors training in the UK during a visit to see f…

China More Aggressive, Dangerous to US and Allies: US General

China More Aggressive, Dangerous to US and Allies: US General

JAKARTA — The Chinese military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years, the top U.S. military officer said during a trip to the Indo-Pacific that included a stop Sunday in Indonesia.

U.S. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the n…

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