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Israel Shipyards to Supply Two OPVs to an African Navy

Israel Shipyards to Supply Two OPVs to an African Navy

Israel Shipyards ‒ one of the largest privately owned shipbuilding and repair facilities in the Eastern Mediterranean ‒ announces an agreement with an African navy for the supply of two OPV 45 offshore patrol vessels. The vessels were designed for a wide range of missions, including protection again…
Belgium Leads European Study into Swarming Robots

Belgium Leads European Study into Swarming Robots

The Royal Military College (École Royale Militaire, ERM) is part of a consortium called iMUGS (integrated Modular Unmanned Ground System), made up of several large defense, communications and cybersecurity companies as well as high-tech SMEs.

This consortium received € 30.6 million from the Euro…

Watchdog Details Growing Role of Pentagon Contractors

Watchdog Details Growing Role of Pentagon Contractors

WAR, INC. 1.0: Commerce is booming, just like bombs.

Last year, there were 53,000 U.S. contractors working for the Pentagon in the Middle East, 50% more than the 35,000 U.S. troops they were there to support. That shift to contractors—there was a 1-to-1 ratio in Iraq at the height of that …

Two US Navy Carriers Now at Norfolk for Maintenance

Two US Navy Carriers Now at Norfolk for Maintenance

NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD — USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) arrived at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) July 7 for an Extended Carrier Incremental Availability.

Coming off a seven-month deployment, Truman now joins USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) as the second carrier on the NNSY waterfront. If the Bush’s…


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