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NATO RQ-4Q Phoenix Flies Nine-Hour Test Mission

NATO RQ-4Q Phoenix Flies Nine-Hour Test Mission

SIGONELLA, Italy. –– The NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force (NAGSF), with support from Northrop Grumman Corporation, marked a significant milestone recently in the System Level Performance Verification with the completion of a nine-hour training and test flight conducted for the first time und…
US Calls for Increased Cooperation on Missile Defense

US Calls for Increased Cooperation on Missile Defense

Changes to technologies, strategy and capabilities make a good case for closer cooperation among the combatant commands, the services and allies in regard to missile defense, military officers charged with this crucial mission said.

At yesterday’s virtual conference sponsored by the Missile Defen…

CH-53K King Stallion Completes Initial Sea Trials

CH-53K King Stallion Completes Initial Sea Trials

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The CH-53K King Stallion completed a two-week period of sea trials in the Atlantic earlier this month. This was the first opportunity to see the aircraft working in a modern naval environment.

Testing took place on the USS Wasp, a landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious a…

ECA Licenses SAS Technology to Detect Buried Sea Mines

ECA Licenses SAS Technology to Detect Buried Sea Mines

ECA Group and SOACSY recently signed a licensing agreement giving ECA Group exclusive rights to exploit its developments using seaCHIRP technology based on SAS (Synthetic Aperture Sonar) for the detection of buried naval mines.

Naval mines are a real threat for seafarers and a navy’s daily concer…

Top Two Pentagon Research & Engineering Officials Resign

Top Two Pentagon Research & Engineering Officials Resign

Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Dr. Michael D. Griffin, and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Dr. Lisa Porter, have tendered their resignations effective July 10, 2020. Dr. Griffin became under-secretary in February of 2018, and Dr. Porter began h…
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…


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