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Elettronica Group on board of the new PPA “Thaon di Revel”

Rome, Italy. 15 June 2019. With the ship launch of the first PPA “Thaon di Revel”, a new season for the Italian Navy to face the new challenging naval…Read more ›

Tagged with: AESA technology, Cavour Carrier, Electronic Attack, Elettronica Group, Leonardo and Fincantieri, Naval Electronic Warfare

U.S. Postal Service Honors Battleship USS Missouri with a Forever Stamp

Stamp Depicts “Mighty Mo” Underway Honolulu. 11 June 2019. On the 75th anniversary of her commissioning, the famous American battleship USS Missouri (BB-43), will sail again via the nation’s…Read more ›

Tagged with: Battleship USS Missouri, CEO Mike Carr, Greg Breeding, Mighty Mo, Naval History, Rear Adm. Brian P. Fort, Rear Adm. Samuel Cox, U.S. Navy Region Hawaii, U.S. Postal Service Honors

HMS Queen Elizabeth to join NATO rapid reaction force

London. 06 June 2019. Britain’s future flagship will be made available to deploy as part of NATO’s multinational force. Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the Royal Navy…Read more ›

Tagged with: aircraft carriers, Britain’s future flagship, F-35 fighter jets, Global Britain, HMS Queen Elizabeth, NATO Allies, NATO rapid reaction force, NATO Summit, Penny Mordaunt, Prime Minister Theresa May, Readiness Initiative, Royal Navy, UK’s Queen Elizabeth

Japan Ground Self-Defence Force officers participate in UK Mission Rehearsal Exercise

London. 06 June 2019. The UK recently hosted two officers from the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF) at a Mission Rehearsal Exercise (MRX) for Operation TRENTON, the UK’s…Read more ›

Tagged with: British Defence Attaché, Captain Paul Casson RN, Japan Ground Self Defence Force, JGSDF, JGSDF officers, Mission Rehearsal Exercise, MRX, Operation TRENTON, UK Mission Rehearsal Exercise, United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, UNMISS experiences

Curtiss-Wright Receives Multi-Million Dollar Contract to Support Royal Canadian Navy

To Supply Aircraft Ship Integrated Securing & Traverse System For Ship-Borne Helicopters Mississauga, Ontario, Canada . 29 May 2019 . Curtiss-Wright’s EMS Division announced that it has received…Read more ›

Tagged with: Aircraft Handing Systems, Aircraft Handling Systems, aircraft Ship, ASIST, Curtiss-Wright, EMS Division, Greg Hempfling, JSS program, Royal Canadian Navy, Seaspan Shipyards, Ship-borne helicopters

CAE to begin work on design phase of Canadian Surface Combatant ship program

Ottawa, Canada. 29 May 2019. On the eve of CANSEC, Canada’s global defence and security show, CAE announced it has been awarded a subcontract from Lockheed Martin Canada…Read more ›

Tagged with: BAE Systems Global Combat Ship, Canada’s global defence, Canadian Surface Combatant, Canadian Surface Combatant program team, Canadian Surface Combatant ship program, CANSEC, Combat Management System, combat systems training, CSC ships, CSC training system design, Halifax Shipyard, Joe Armstrong, Lockheed Martin Canada, Royal Canadian Navy, training media analysis

Raytheon missiles support complex NATO exercise

HEBRIDES RANGE, Scotland, May 28, 2019 . Raytheon Company missiles played vital roles in the Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO military exercise called Formidable Shield 2019, which…Read more ›

HMS Westminster in NATO Baltic Mission

Portsmouth. 22 May 2019. HMS Westminster is approaching the half-way point of a six-month mission to keep the Baltic secure with NATO. The Royal Navy frigate is spending…Read more ›

Tagged with: flagship American destroyer, German tanker FGS Rhön keeping, HDMS Absalon, HMS Westminster, NATO Baltic Mission, NATO force, NATO’s naval headquarters, ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski, Spanish frigate EPS Almirante Juan de Borbón, Turkish frigate TCG Gokova, US Perry-class warships), USS Gravely, Vice Admiral Keith Blount, Vice Admiral Sir Clive Johnstone

HMS Queen Elizabeth passes dry dock inspection

Dorset. 22 May 2019. Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has passed her rigorous dry dock inspection with flying colours and is leaving her birthplace once again. During her…Read more ›

Tagged with: Aircraft Carrier, Cdr Mark Hamilton, developmental tests, dry dock inspection, Head of Marine Engineering, HMS Queen Elizabeth, operational testing, Prince of Wales, Royal Navy ship, UK F-35B Lightning II fighter jets, WESTLANT 19’

Sikorsky Receives Contract To Build 12 CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopters

Stratford, Conn., 19 May 2019 . Sikorsky will build 12 production CH-53K King Stallion helicopters under a new $1.13 billion contract from the U.S. Navy. These advanced helicopters…Read more ›