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Babcock Begins First Type 23 Frigate Post-Life Extension Upkeep

Babcock Begins First Type 23 Frigate Post-Life Extension Upkeep

Babcock International Group has started a post-life extension (LIFEX) on the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll at their Devonport facility. It is the first Type 23 to undergo a post-LIFEX upkeep, adopting a new innovative approach to re-certification at the facility’s Frigate Support Centre (F…
Rheinmetall, GM Defense Team to Pursue US Army Truck Program

Rheinmetall, GM Defense Team to Pursue US Army Truck Program

American Rheinmetall Vehicles (Sterling Heights, MI), a leading developer of tactical wheeled and tracked combat vehicles and systems, has formed a strategic collaboration with GM Defense LLC (Washington, DC), to compete in the U.S. Army’s Common Tactical Truck (CTT) program. The CTT program seeks t…
Issues in Co-Development and Co-Production of Defence Equipment

Issues in Co-Development and Co-Production of Defence Equipment

The Make-in-India campaign puts a premium on co-development and co-production of defence equipment in India. In a bid to promote such projects, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) included two specific provisions in the Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 (DAP 2020) which governs capital acquisitions for t…
US Navy Expands CH-53K Training with Additional Simulators

US Navy Expands CH-53K Training with Additional Simulators

ORLANDO, Fla.–– The United States Marines will gain additional training opportunities preparing them to operate the Sikorsky CH-53K heavy lift helicopter. The aircraft is the most modern and powerful helicopter in Department of Defense inventory capable of moving troops and equipment from ship to s…
Brahmos Supersonic Missiles Can Engage Onshore Targets: Report

Brahmos Supersonic Missiles Can Engage Onshore Targets: Report

PATRIOT PARK, Russia — Russian-Indian BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles of all kinds of deployment are capable of engaging either above-water or onshore targets, co-director of BrahMos joint venture from the Russian side Alexander Maksichev told TASS.

“BrahMos JV has already implemented such o…

Italian Air Force C-27J Spartan Passes 50,000 Flight Hours

Italian Air Force C-27J Spartan Passes 50,000 Flight Hours

On 17 August the 46th Air Brigade Pisa reaches an important milestone, at 12:30 the C-27J “Lupo 88” aircraft, Special Color edition, reached 50,000 flight hours. In the cockpit the Commander of the Brigade, Gen. DA Alessandro De Lorenzo, together with the Commander of the 98th Flight Group, T.Col. D…
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