Category: Notizie Estero

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…

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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The Chinese mainland’s first Type 075 amphibious assault ship was recently spotted on the doorstep of the South China Sea, close to the island of Taiwan, Taiwan media reported, leading Chinese mainland military experts to say that the vessel could be conducting another sea trial session in the more …

The largest military exercise to be run by the Royal Air Force in the UK for many years has finished after three weeks of complex air activities.

The Exercise, called Exercise Crimson Warrior, involved personnel and aircraft from the Royal Air Force as well as the Royal Navy, British Army, United…

BRUSSELS — The implementation of EXCEED, the last of the three defence research projects selected under the 2018 call for proposals for the EU Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR), was officially launched at an online kick-off meeting held this Wednesday and Thursday (4/5 November).

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BARKSDALE AFB, La. — The Air Force concluded the final of four virtual public hearings Oct. 22 as part of the on-going Environmental Impact Statement for the first B-21 Main Operating Base.

The EIS hearings provided the public an opportunity to comment on the draft EIS, which was posted online…