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Oshkosh Delivers First Upgraded Stryker with 30mm Turret

Oshkosh Delivers First Upgraded Stryker with 30mm Turret

OSHKOSH, Wis. — Oshkosh Defense, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, delivered the first Stryker Double-V Hull Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICVVA1) upgraded with the 30 mm Medium Caliber Weapon System (MCWS) to the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) in Aberdeen, Maryland, where…
Boeing, Nammo Test Ramjet-Powered 155mm Artillery Shell

Boeing, Nammo Test Ramjet-Powered 155mm Artillery Shell

ARLINGTON, Va. — Boeing and Norwegian defense and aerospace company Nammo have successfully test-fired a ramjet-powered artillery projectile, further demonstrating the viability of one of the U.S. Army’s modernization priorities – long-range precision fires.

During the June 28 test at the Andøy…

NRO Launches Second Spy Satellite from New Zealand

NRO Launches Second Spy Satellite from New Zealand

CHANTILLY, Va. — The National Reconnaissance Office launched a second mission, in less than a month, from New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex-1 at Mahia Peninsula Aug. 4, 2022 at 1 a.m. EDT (5 a.m. UTC).

NROL-199 is the second of two missions in 2022 in partnersh…

GD Unit Wins $2.2 Billion for Four US Navy Support Ships

GD Unit Wins $2.2 Billion for Four US Navy Support Ships

–General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO), San Diego, California, is awarded an $890,000,000 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-16-C-2229 for detail design and construction of fleet replenishment oilers T-AO 211 and 212.

Additionally, this contract modificat…

US Navy Recovers Sunken F/A-18E from Mediterranean Sea

US Navy Recovers Sunken F/A-18E from Mediterranean Sea

NAPLES, Italy — On Aug. 3, the U.S. Navy successfully recovered the F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW 1), embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) that blew overboard due to unexpected heavy weather in the Mediterranean Sea July 8, 2022.

The aircraft was recove…

Malaysia Airlines to Acquire 20 A330neo Airliners

Malaysia Airlines to Acquire 20 A330neo Airliners

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), parent company of Malaysia Airlines, has selected the A330neo for the carrier’s widebody fleet renewal programme. The initial agreements cover the acquisition of 20 A330-900 aircraft, with 10 to be purchased from Airbus and 10 to be leased from Dublin-…
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