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First Modified ASW Scout Boat Delivered to Swedish Navy

First Modified ASW Scout Boat Delivered to Swedish Navy

The first scout boat has been delivered to the navy in Karlskrona and her crew is being installed on board. The ship will be an important cog for the Navy in the protection of Swedish under water territory.

Following the intelligence operation in the Stockholm archipelago in 2014, the need to re…

CRS Questions US Navy Cost Estimates of Columbia-class Submarines

CRS Questions US Navy Cost Estimates of Columbia-class Submarines

The Columbia (SSBN-826) class program is a program to design and build a class of 12 new ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy’s current force of 14 aging Ohio-class SSBNs. The Navy has identified the Columbia-class program as the Navy’s top priority program. The Navy wants to pro…
U.S. Makes Case for Maintaining Arms Embargo on Iran

U.S. Makes Case for Maintaining Arms Embargo on Iran

The United States has formally asked the UN Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran beyond October, when it is set to be progressively eased under the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

UN Ambassador Kelly Craft and Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook “virtually …

Two French Frigates Win US Navy Award for ASW Excellence

Two French Frigates Win US Navy Award for ASW Excellence

NAPLES, Italy — Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F), presented the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Excellence “Hook ‘Em” award to French naval forces in Naples, Italy, June 24, 2020.

French Combined Task Forces (CTF) 470 and 473 and French frigates FS Bretagne (D-655) and…

U.S., Japan Navies Exercise Together in South China Sea

U.S., Japan Navies Exercise Together in South China Sea

SOUTH CHINA SEA — Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Kashima class-training vessel JS Kashima (TV-3508) and Shimayuki-class training vessel JS Shimayuki (TV-3513) conducted bilateral exercises while sailing togeth…
US Presidential Fleet to Receive Communication Upgrade

US Presidential Fleet to Receive Communication Upgrade

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio — A team from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Presidential & Executive Airlift Directorate has begun fleet-wide satellite communication (SATCOM) upgrades on aircraft supporting the President and other Executive Department leaders.

The U.S. Air Force and L…


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