Category: Notizie Estero

Royal Navy warship HMS Montrose today celebrates 1,000 days in the Gulf keeping sea lanes open and tackling drug smugglers.

The frigate and her 200 sailors and Royal Marines have provided a constant presence by a major Royal Navy warship in the Middle East since April 11 2019, working with other …

The Navy’s recent shipbuilding plans have called for a much larger fleet of manned ships and hundreds of new unmanned systems. CBO examines those plans’ implications for the size and composition of the fleet, with special emphasis on the Navy’s surface ships.

Potential costs of the plans are con…

SEATTLE — Boeing and Allegiant Air today announced an order for 50 737 MAX jets, with options for 50 additional airplanes. In Boeing’s first U.S. ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC) deal, Allegiant selected two models – the 737-7 and 737-8-200 – in the 737 MAX family, which provide the lowest seat-mile …

SEOUL — North Korea fired a “hypersonic missile” this week that successfully hit a target, state news agency KCNA reported on Thursday, its second such test as the country pursues new military capabilities amid stalled denuclearisation talks.

The launch on Wednesday was the first by North Korea…

The Ministry of Defence received bids for the Slovak Armed Forces’ 8×8 Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) Programme. Czechia, Finland, Romania, Spain and the US submitted their bids by the official deadline of 31 December 2021, with some countries offering several technical solutions.

The bi…

In this report, the Congressional Budget Office analyzes patterns in the availability and use of military aircraft by the Air Force and the Department of the Navy (DoN, which encompasses both the Navy and the Marine Corps).

CBO looks at availability—a measure of the percentage of time aircraft c…