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French Air Force Unveils H160M Cheetah Light Helicopter

French Air Force Unveils H160M Cheetah Light Helicopter

On Thursday, October 29, 2020, Brig. Gen. Olivier Fabre, commander of the Air Support and Projection Brigade (BAAP) of the Air Forces Command (CFA), visited Air Base 107 at Villacoublay to discover the future helicopter of the French Air and Space Force: the Cheetah, also known as Hélicoptère Intera…
US Approves $500M Sale of SM-2 Block IIIC Missiles to Canada

US Approves $500M Sale of SM-2 Block IIIC Missiles to Canada

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Canada of Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) Block IIIC missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $500 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the requ…
DOD Needs to Further Refine and Formalize Its Reforms

DOD Needs to Further Refine and Formalize Its Reforms

The Department of Defense (DOD) has made progress in establishing valid and reliable cost baselines for its enterprise business operations and has additional efforts ongoing.

DOD’s January 2020 report responding to section 921 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for F…

GAO Reports on US Navy’s Failed Hybrid Electric Drive Program

GAO Reports on US Navy’s Failed Hybrid Electric Drive Program

In 2009, the Secretary of the Navy set goals to reduce fuel consumption and, 2 years later, initiated a program to install Hybrid Electric Drive (HED) systems on its fleet of Arleigh Burke class (DDG 51 Flight IIA) destroyers. The HED system draws surplus power from the ship’s electric system and us…
Norway Sues DNV Certification Office over Sunken Frigate

Norway Sues DNV Certification Office over Sunken Frigate

In one of the most painful peacetime losses in the history of the Norwegian Armed Forces, the frigate Helge Ingstad collided with the tanker Sola TS in November 2018 while heading back from Trident Juncture, a major series of NATO drills; it suffered a 45-metre-long gash and sunk shortly after.

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