Yearly Archive: 2022

On 16 November 2022, the last of the eight French FREMM frigates ordered by OCCAR for France was accepted by the organisation and delivered to the French Navy with the agreement of the DGA. This event follows the recent visit of the Director of OCCAR to the Naval Group Lorient shipyard and his visit…

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. — HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division hosted a keel authentication ceremony today for Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800).

The ship’s sponsors are the six women of the historic group known as the Little Rock Nine, the first African American students to atten…

The Royal Australian Air Force will deploy personnel and aircraft to RAAF Base Amberley and Rockhampton to conduct Exercise Rogue Ambush 22-1 from 21 November to 6 December 2022.

Exercise Rogue Ambush is the final phase of the F-35A Lightning II operational conversion course, which aims to gradua…

EGLIN AFB, Fla. — In March 2022, the first set of U.S. Air Force operational aircraft were equipped with the Quick Reaction Instrumentation Package (QRIP), enabling the first Combat Air Forces (CAF) contribution to Crowd-Sourced Flight Data (CSFD).

The 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron partnere…

HAMBURG, Germany — “Konrad Adenauer” is the new name of the second Airbus A350, with which the Air Force will in future primarily transport high-ranking German government officials around the world. The first aircraft in the fleet with a so-called “interim cabin” was delivered as early as 2020. No…

The RAF and industry partners have carried out a world-first 100% sustainable fuel flight using a military aircraft of its size, and the first of any aircraft type in the UK.

An RAF Voyager – the military variant of an Airbus A330 – took to the skies over Oxfordshire powered entirely by 100% sust…