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PLA Touts Record November Air Activity in Taiwan Straits

PLA Touts Record November Air Activity in Taiwan Straits

A warplane of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Monday again approached the island of Taiwan, marking the 26th day the PLA has done so in 30 days in November, and surpassing the frequency record in October, media on the island reported on Monday.

The move comes amid the rampant milita…

Italian, Royal Navy Task Groups Link Up in Med

Italian, Royal Navy Task Groups Link Up in Med

Britain’s amphibious task force linked up with an Italian carrier group – the last major act of the Royal Navy’s Mediterranean deployment.

UK flagship HMS Albion and supporting amphibious ship RFA Lyme Bay joined forces with ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi and her escorts in the central Mediterranean, as …

Ottawa Picks Untested Radar for Future CSC Frigates

Ottawa Picks Untested Radar for Future CSC Frigates

The Canadian navy’s new frigates will get a cutting-edge radar system that has never before been installed on a warship — a recent decision that quietly ended a heated debate within the $60 billion warship program.

The Lockheed Martin-built AN/SPY-7 radar will be installed on the new warships des…

US Navy to Scrap Fire-Damaged USS Bonhomme Richard

US Navy to Scrap Fire-Damaged USS Bonhomme Richard

After thorough consideration, the Navy has decided to decommission USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, due to the extensive damage sustained during the July fire.

WASHINGTON – After thorough consideration, the Navy has decided to decommission USS Bonhomme Richard (…

GA-ASI Delivers Final Two MQ-9A Reaper RPAs to Spain

GA-ASI Delivers Final Two MQ-9A Reaper RPAs to Spain

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) delivered the final two MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and a Ground Control Station (GCS) to the Spanish Air Force on Nov. 23, 2020, completing a Foreign Military Sales acquisition of four aircraft and three GCSs.

T…

Pratt & Whitney Wins $642M to Support F-35 Engine

Pratt & Whitney Wins $642M to Support F-35 Engine

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $642,000,000 not-to-exceed, cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-firm-target undefinitized contract.

This contract provides for the procurement of performance-based logistics acti…

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