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Canadian Firms’ Legal Battle Slows New Zealand Frigate Update

Canadian Firms’ Legal Battle Slows New Zealand Frigate Update

The two Canadian defence contractors tasked with upgrading New Zealand’s warships have become embroiled in a legal battle that has delayed getting the crucial frigates back from the British Columbia shipyards.

Lockheed Martin Canada and Seaspan Shipyards were contracted by the New Zealand Governm…

Germany Extends Tax Prosecution of American Base Personnel

Germany Extends Tax Prosecution of American Base Personnel

STUTTGART, Germany — A U.S. military family in Bavaria is being targeted by German tax investigators, possibly signaling an expansion of a controversial tax collection operation to a state where tens of thousands of Americans are based.

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The stakes for families locked in such disputes hav…

MQ-4C Tritons Complete First Deployment to Japan

MQ-4C Tritons Complete First Deployment to Japan

MISAWA, Japan — Two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems operated by Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19) departed from Naval Air Facility Misawa Oct. 12 and returned to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam upon completing their first rotational deployment to Japan.

The deployment of VUP-19 and th…

New Australian Navy Patrol Boat Launched

New Australian Navy Patrol Boat Launched

The first of six Evolved Cape-class patrol boats was recently launched at the Austal Ships shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia.

Head Maritime Systems Rear Admiral Wendy Malcolm said the vessels would replace the Navy’s Armidale-class patrol boats and would be used as interim patrol platforms…

Indian Navy Takes Delivery of 11th Boeing P-8I Poseidon

Indian Navy Takes Delivery of 11th Boeing P-8I Poseidon

NEW DELHI — Boeing is continuing to expand the Indian Navy’s long-range maritime reconnaissance anti-submarine warfare capabilities with the delivery of the country’s 11th P-8I. The patrol aircraft is an integral part of the Indian Navy’s fleet and has surpassed 30,000 flight hours since it was in…
Brazil Successfully Tests Locally-Developed Datalink

Brazil Successfully Tests Locally-Developed Datalink

The first data link between F-5M fighter aircraft using the Link-BR2 System took place on October 13, at the First Squadron of the Fourteenth Aviation Group (1st/14th GAV – Pampa), located at Canoas Air Base, in Rio Grande do Sul (RS). The flights were carried out during Operation Iris, as the secon…

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