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Chinese Troops Test New Artillery in Tibet

Chinese Troops Test New Artillery in Tibet

LHASA, Tibet — An artillery brigade under the PLA Xizang Military Command recently maneuvered hundreds of miles to a shooting range at the alpine area to test the firing efficiency of a new type of artillery.

During the training in the past, the targets were usually set at the best firepower ra…

Pratt & Whitney Wins Contract for F135 Modernization Study

Pratt & Whitney Wins Contract for F135 Modernization Study

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Pratt & Whitney today announced that it has been awarded a $1.5M contract to conduct an F135 modernization study and operational assessment by the F-35 Joint Program Office to determine specific propulsion system growth requirements for Block 4.2 F-35 aircraft and beyond. Th…
NATO Releases Defence Expenditure Report 2013-2020

NATO Releases Defence Expenditure Report 2013-2020

NATO collects defence expenditure data from Allies on a regular basis and presents aggregates and subsets of this information. Each Ally’s Ministry of Defence reports current and estimated future defence expenditure according to an agreed definition of defence expenditure.

The amounts represent p…

US Navy to Spend Over $1 Bn on EW Research & Development

US Navy to Spend Over $1 Bn on EW Research & Development

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The next several years should see steady funding for the U.S. Navy EW Development program for the advanced testing and development of communications and non-communications jammers for multi-service aircraft, helicopters, and surface combatants.

The program saw a significant inc…

US Lost $19 Bn to Fraud, Abuse in Afghanistan: SIGAR

US Lost $19 Bn to Fraud, Abuse in Afghanistan: SIGAR

ISLAMABAD — The United States has lost $19 billion in Afghanistan since 2002 due to “waste, fraud and abuse,” the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a new report released Tuesday.

SIGAR monitors all U.S. spending in the 19-year war in Afghanistan, America’s…

French Frigate Joins Oil Rig Rescue Exercise Off Cyprus

French Frigate Joins Oil Rig Rescue Exercise Off Cyprus

On October 14, 2020, the frigate La Fayette participated in the combined exercise NEMESIS 2020 in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus.

This large-scale training exercise, which brought together more than twenty units, ships, aircraft, military or civilian drones, consists…

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