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Destroyer Sets New US Navy Record with 215 Days at Sea

Destroyer Sets New US Navy Record with 215 Days at Sea

ROTA, Spain — The Arleigh­ Burke­class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) arrived in Rota, Spain, Oct. 3, drawing to an end a record-breaking period of underway endurance. As mooring lines were singled and the brow lowered, Stout solidified the new Navy consecutive underway record of 215 …
Argentine Navy Welcomes Launch of Second French-Built OPV

Argentine Navy Welcomes Launch of Second French-Built OPV

The multipurpose ocean patrol vessel ARA “Piedrabuena” was launched yesterday at the Kership Shipyard in the town of Concarneau (France). It is the second in a series of four multipurpose ocean patrol boats that will be incorporated into the Argentine Navy, the first of which is the ARA “Bouchard”.
UK MoD Funds Glasgow Uni Project for Self-Eating Rocket Engine

UK MoD Funds Glasgow Uni Project for Self-Eating Rocket Engine

A ‘self-eating’ rocket engine which aims to put small payloads into orbit by burning its own structure as propellant has won financial support from the UK Government.

The Defence & Security Accelerator (DASA), part of the Ministry of Defence, has pledged £90,000 for further development of the au…

German Deployable Control and Reporting Centre in Lithuania

German Deployable Control and Reporting Centre in Lithuania

The Italian Air Force Detachment conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states are joined by approx. 90 German soldiers with command and control equipment. Personnel of the German Deployable Control and Reporting Centre (DCRC) settled in at Šiauliai Air Base of the Lithuanian Air For…
Elbit USA Wins $35M to Support US Navy V-22 Aircraft

Elbit USA Wins $35M to Support US Navy V-22 Aircraft

HAIFA, Israel — Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, LLC, was awarded an approximately $35 million five-year firm-fixed-priced contract by the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) for repair of line-replaceable units in support of the V-22 ai…
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