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US and Four Allied Navies Train in Pacific Exercise

US and Four Allied Navies Train in Pacific Exercise

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command forces are participating in exercise Valiant Shield (VS), Sept. 14-25, on Guam and around the Mariana Islands Range Complex.

Participants include USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS America (LHA 6), USS New Orleans (LPD 18), USS Germantown (LSD 42) and multiple surface ships…

GA Demos SeaGuardian UAV’s Maritime Capabilities

GA Demos SeaGuardian UAV’s Maritime Capabilities

SAN DIEGO –– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) concluded a set of maritime test flights over the sea-lanes off the coast of Southern California on September 11th, using the MQ-9B SeaGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS). This was the first MQ-9B configured for surveill…
US Should Withdraw Tactical Nukes from Europe: Think Tank

US Should Withdraw Tactical Nukes from Europe: Think Tank

— NATO’s tactical nuclear weapons are dangerous relics. Whereas during the Cold War tactical nuclear weapons were believed to help bolster deterrence, today they serve no functional purpose other than to unnecessarily escalate a local crisis—such as in the Baltic states—into a potential strategic c…
Lockheed Wins $20M to Prepare Australia’s F-35 Induction

Lockheed Wins $20M to Prepare Australia’s F-35 Induction

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $20,480,000 undefinitized contract modification (P00062) to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00019-16-C-000) for additional labor in support of depot maintenance activities associated with the com…
UK Task Group Sails for Three-Month Deployment to Med

UK Task Group Sails for Three-Month Deployment to Med

More than 1,000 sailors and Royal Marines have sailed on a three-month mission to the Mediterranean to forge the commando forces of tomorrow.

UK flagship HMS Albion has left the UK, heading a force which will visit numerous partner nations across the Mediterranean and Black Sea as the UK’s Armed …

Sailors Deploy with Marine Squadron to Prepare V-22 Transition

Sailors Deploy with Marine Squadron to Prepare V-22 Transition

KUWAIT — In February, the U.S. Navy took delivery of the first CMV-22B Osprey aircraft as the primary aircraft to conduct Airborne Re-supply/Logistics to the Sea Base. The CMV-22B platform will eventually replace the C-2 Greyhound across the Navy.

Modernization of any program, regardless of ser…

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