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Why Swedish Navy’s A26 Disruptor Is The Quietest Submarine?
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Thales Group to Modernize Indonesian Frigate with Radars, Missiles
The Indonesian Ministry of Defense has asked Thales Group to modernize KRI Usman-Harun multi-role light frigate. In March 2020, Indonesia’s defence ministry formally launched the modernization, signing an agreement with lead contractor, PT Len, and […]
Air Platform
China copies US Navy’s E-2 Hawkeye AEW&C
China’s latest carrier aircraft may not be a fighter, but it will be the most important plane in the fleet. The new XAC KJ-600 airborne early warning and control aircraft, which flew for this first time this […]
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RTN’s submarine acquisition stalls as Thai economy hits by Coronavirus
Thailand’s intention to buy two more submarines from China has run into vociferous resistance, with the country’s main opposition party questioning the need to go ahead with the acquisition against the backdrop of the economic slump caused […]
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U.S. Navy Going Ahead with Sixth-generation F/A-XX Fighter Jet
The Navy has “quietly initiated work” to develop a sixth-generation carrier-based fighter to replace the multirole F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the electronic attack EA-18G Growler sometime in the 2030s as part of the service’s Next […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
China’s Type 075 amphibious assault ship is ready, but China can’t make an aircraft
World’s third-largest ship of its type finishes 18-day trial and could be commissioned next year. Work continues on its Z-20J aircraft, modified from Z-20 armed helicopters. China’s first Type 075 landing helicopter assault dock completed […]
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HMAS Arunta tests fire evolved sea sparrow missile
Royal Australian Navy’s first frigate to complete the Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Program (AMCAP) upgrade, HMAS Arunta, has successfully fired surface-to-air missiles at Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) in Hawaii. Conducted alongside ships from […]
Middle East
Bangladesh Navy’s BNS Bijoy destroyed in Beirut explosion
Turkey will restore a Bangladeshi naval ship that was damaged during the deadly blast at the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut earlier this month, the Turkish National Defence Ministry said yesterday. According to Anadolu, the […]
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Sikorsky S-70 Naval Hawk Specialized Maritime Helicopter
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Finish Navy’s Hamina-class tests fire torpedoes
On 19 August, the Finnish Navy conducted its first torpedo firing in the Archipelago Sea with a TP45 torpedo borrowed from Försvarets Materialverk, FMV, Swedish Defence Materiel Administration. This was the first time that a […]