PARIS — JS Kumano, the first of the 22 planned new-generation 30DX stealth frigates planned for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), was launched on Thursday at the Tamano shipyard of the Mitsui E&S group.

The ship is nominally the second in the class, but the first-of-class is sti…

NATO Allies Canada and Romania and NATO partner Australia joined the Maritime Unmanned Systems Initiative on 20 November 2020. The Maritime Unmanned Systems Initiative aims to strengthen the ability of navies to operate in a multinational context above, on, and under the water, in an increasingly co…

SOUTH CERNEY, Gloucestershire — The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps has been declared ‘combat ready’ after passing their combat readiness evaluation or CREVAL.

The ARRC has been presented with NATO’s new ‘warfighting guidon’, which it will hold throughout its tenure as NATO’s War Fighting Corps at …

Marine Group Boat Works LLC, Chula Vista, California, is awarded a $48,717,886 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2223 in support of the government of Jordan for two 37-meter patrol boats, communications equipment and other technical assistance.

Work will b…

ORLANDO, Fla. — French and German C-130J Super Hercules aircrews and maintainers will train in a facility located in France, built and equipped by Lockheed Martin for the countries’ binational C-130J Super Hercules Squadron. Lockheed Martin will provide training devices, the learning management sy…

Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has authorised the Defence Forces Logistics Command to sign a strategic Partnership Agreement with Nammo Lapua Oy and Nammo Vihtavuori Oy, both of which are part of a Nordic ammunition group.

The Partnership Agreement between the Defence Forces and Nammo Lapua …