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Adm. Gilday: USS Bonhomme Richard Damaged on 11 of 14 Decks

Adm. Gilday: USS Bonhomme Richard Damaged on 11 of 14 Decks

WASHINGTON — Firefighters combating the blaze aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard faced zero visibility and the threat of explosions as the fire spread through nearly all of the ship’s decks, Adm. Mike Gilday, the chief of naval operations, described in an email to senior naval leaders.

The fire, w…

Boeing Wins C-17 Training Contract for NATO Airlift Program

Boeing Wins C-17 Training Contract for NATO Airlift Program

LONG BEACH, California — Boeing will provide aircrew training support for the Strategic Airlift Capability’s multinational fleet of C-17 aircraft under a new U.S. Air Force Foreign Military Sale contract for a C-17 Weapon System Trainer (WST) that will be stationed at Pápa Air Base, Hungary.

French Firm Develops Ceramic Antenna in ESA Innovation Program

French Firm Develops Ceramic Antenna in ESA Innovation Program

A new breakthrough technology has developed 3D structured ceramics using additive manufacturing and very solid ceramic materials.

One domain where this new technology has great potential is with antenna applications – since it can be used to make compact antenna that still have good radio and me…

Australian Forces Join Regional Deployment to Guam

Australian Forces Join Regional Deployment to Guam

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft and more than 150 RAAF personnel have deployed to Guam to join exercises with the Royal Australian Navy and the United States.

An Air Task Unit made up of F/A-18A Hornets, EA-18G Growlers, an E-7A Wedgetail and a KC-30A Multirole Tanker Transport will c…

Super Hornets Drop Naval Mines During Ex. Trident Warrior

Super Hornets Drop Naval Mines During Ex. Trident Warrior

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) led multiple units through a mine countermeasure exercise (MCMEX) to test tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) during Trident Warrior 2020, July 13-16.

Trident Warrior is an annual large-scale, at-sea field ex…

Construction Begins of Final Section of First Type 26 Frigate

Construction Begins of Final Section of First Type 26 Frigate

A blinding flash of light from a hi-tech steel cutter at BAE’s Govan works signalled the start of work on the final giant section of Britain’s newest frigate.

Construction has begun on the 57th segment of the 8,000-tonne jigsaw which is HMS Glasgow, the first of eight Type 26 warships.

It’s al…

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