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HMCS Winnipeg Conducts Live Missile Firings at RIMPAC

HMCS Winnipeg Conducts Live Missile Firings at RIMPAC

Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Winnipeg and Regina are participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2020, a large-scale international maritime exercise that is held every two years.

As part of RIMPAC, HMCS Winnipeg had the opportunity to practice the tactics and procedures involved …

Elbit USA Wins $79M Contract for Bradley IFV Components

Elbit USA Wins $79M Contract for Bradley IFV Components

HAIFA, Israel — Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, LLC, was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract by the Defense Logistics Agency Land to supply the U.S. Army with gunner hand stations, commander hand stations and ci…
US Navy Accepts Second Next-Gen Landing Craft

US Navy Accepts Second Next-Gen Landing Craft

NEW ORLEANS — The Navy accepted delivery of the next generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 101, Aug. 27. LCAC 101 is the second craft delivered by Textron Systems to the Navy this year.

The Navy accepted delivery of the next generation landi…

US Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Savannah

US Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Savannah

The Navy will christen its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Savannah (LCS 28), during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, Aug. 29, in Mobile, Alabama.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition James Geurts will deliver the christ…

USS George H.W. Bush Undocked on Time

USS George H.W. Bush Undocked on Time

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) undocked USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) on time Aug. 29, a key milestone in the carrier’s Drydocking Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA).

Bush has been on blocks the past 18 months, undergoing the most extensive maintenance period in the carrier’s history and one…

RAAF Tests Virtual Reality for C-17 Maintenance

RAAF Tests Virtual Reality for C-17 Maintenance

Aircraft technicians at No. 36 Squadron are now using Microsoft HoloLens mixed-reality devices with Boeing-developed software to maintain C-17A Globemaster III aircraft.

The trial started at RAAF Base Amberley in July to open communication and new working practices with their U.S-based counterpa…


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