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BAE Systems Starts Construction on Royal Navy’s 2nd City-class Type 26 Frigate
BAE Systems cut the first steel for HMS Cardiff, the second Type 26 City-class frigate for the Royal Navy, on August 14 2019.
15 August 2019
BAE Systems cut the first steel for HMS Cardiff, the second Type 26 City-class frigate for the Royal Navy, on August 14 2019.
17 years after the start of the program, the construction of the 20,000 tons Type 071 landing platform dock (LPD) seems to be reaching its end after two lots of orders, 8 units in total. Construction of the Type 075 landing helicopter dock (LHD) and the design of a larger version (known as Type 075A), however, are just starting.
The first of nine maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) on order for the Royal Air Force has taken to the skies. The flight of the Poseidon MRA Mk1 (P-8A) was completed successfully at the hands of Boeing test pilots.
The U.S. Navy successfully completed a series of guided flight tests for Raytheon Company’s RAM Block 2A short-range, surface-to-air missile
BAE Systems has been awarded contracts by Boeing to supply the Vehicle Management Control System and Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System for the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker, the company stated 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.
At Sea Air Space 2019, the naval defense exposition held near Washington DC, Lockheed Martin unveiled a new conceptual hypervelocity cruise missile for the F-35C carrier-based strike fighter.
Naval Group launched the multi-missions FREMM frigate Alsace on 18 April 2019. It is the first of two air-defence frigates known as FREMM DA (Frégate Européenne Multimissions de Défense Aérienne).
The US Navy awarded a $41.8 million contract to B.L. Harbert International Jan. 30 to build the MQ-25 Unmanned Air System Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) hangar at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, the NAVAIR press office announced on Feb. 1st, 2019.
