Duqm Naval Dockyard (DND) has successfully completed its first dry docking project, the Repair, Overhaul and Dry Docking (ROH DD) of the Fast Expeditionary Transport ship, the USNS Choctaw County.
CAE announced the company has started production of the CAE Magnetic Anomaly Detection-Extended Role (MAD-XR) system. CAE also announced that the Government of Canada has purchased the first unit under the Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP).
Here is NavalNews.com’s fourth monthly report (May 2019). Naval News Monthly Reports are video round ups of the most read naval defense news articles we published in the past month.
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $65 million advance acquisition contract for long-lead components for the manufacture and delivery of three LRIP Lot 5 MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft for the US Navy and the Australian Defense Force (ADF).
France’s Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, presented the new version of the document of reference on French defense in Indo-Pacific: “France and security in the Indo-Pacific” during the 2019 Shangri-La Dialogue.
U.S. 2nd Fleet declared the command has achieved initial operational capability (IOC) May 29, less than one year after being established by senior military leaders.
A B-52 Stratofortress, assigned to the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., conducts an operational demonstration of the Quickstrike-ER (QS-ER) Naval mine project in the Pacific Ocean.
The US Navy’s future John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) aircraft carrier reached a key milestone on May 29, when the island house was lowered onto the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at the Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding division.
The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) on March 29 took delivery of its first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft, Northrop Grumman announces today.
Florent de Saint Victor looks at the emerging challenges that the two leading European navies share in common: From fleet and equipment renewal to attracting, training and retaining new sailors.
