Naval Weapons
SM-2 standard missile Block IIIA & IIIB
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US Navy
Middle East
US warns Iran to stay 100 metres away from its warships or interpreted as threat: President Trump
Warning follows a threat by Trump who recently told the Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass US vessels. In an alert that appeared aimed squarely at Iran, the United States Navy issued […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
USS Rafael Peralta, a US Navy Destroyer spotted off coast of Shanghai as PLA Navy begins 11-week exercise in Yellow Sea
USS Rafael Peralta is second US destroyer sighted in Yellow Sea in less than a month. A US Navy destroyer was spotted sailing through the Yellow Sea off the coast of Shanghai on last Friday […]
Naval Platforms
Evolution of Stealthy Gotland-class Lead to Almost Invisible A26 The Disruptor
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Americas
Boeing delivers 100th P-8A Poseidon to US Navy
SEATTLE (GDC) — The U.S. Navy received its 100th P-8A aircraft from Boeing on May 14 as the global fleet, which also includes the Indian navy and the Australian and U.K. air forces, approaches 300,000 flight […]
Americas
US DoD ask congress to authorize construction of two new Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines
WASHINGTON (GDC) ― The Pentagon is asking Congress for authority to buy two of its new Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines, a potential mega-deal worth as much as $17.7 billion with far-reaching implications for the ailing submarine […]
Air-Launched Weapons
Boeing awarded $3.1 billion contract to supply Harpoon and SLAM ER
Boeing has secured $3.1bn in contracts from the US Navy for Harpoon and Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) weapon systems in support of Foreign Military Sales (FMS). Boeing Weapons vice-president Cindy Gruensfelder […]
Naval Platforms
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) completes maintenance availability programme
The US Navy’s Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered super-carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) has successfully completed its maintenance availability programme. Work on the aircraft carrier was carried out by US Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance […]
Europe
HMS Kent concludes cold weather training in the artic
HMS Kent left the Barents Sea on 8 May after seven days of cold-weather operations in the icy waters of the Arctic Circle. While many in the Armed Forces rightly continue to focus on supporting […]
Air Platform
Boeing rolls out Super Hornet Block III for US Navy
Boeing has released a video of the rollout of the first of two Block III F/A-18F Super Hornet test jets for the U.S. Navy. The service plans to use these aircraft, which do not feature the full […]