The U.S. Navy’ Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) successfully conducted a test of the Second Stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) on August 25th in Promontory, Utah as part of the development of the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) offensive hypersonic strike capability and the Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW).
The Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2021 programme of keynote speakers, including dates and times, has been made available online.
Leading-edge sensor technology developed by HENSOLDT will strengthen Frontex maritime surveillance in the Mediterranean Sea and contribute to the protection of Europe’s strategic south-eastern border.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted a ceremonial event today at its Newport News Shipbuilding division that marked the first construction milestone in the life of the aircraft carrier Doris Miller (CVN 81).
South Korea’s Defense Project Commission Committee (DPCC) has approved the Future Frigate eXperimental (FFX) Batch-IV program. The Korean government will invest KRW 3.51 trillion from 2023 to 2032 for the delivery of six ships.
The UK Carrier Strike Group’s warships led by aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth worked with the USS America-led United States Expeditionary Strike Group 7 and two ships from Japan’s Maritime Self Defence Force to prove the ability of the three navies to operate effectively together.
The Defence Materiel Organisation (Defensie Materieel Organisatie – DMO) of the Netherlands Ministry of Defence issued a request for information (RFI) on August 18, 2021 about a sonar for the future frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
Saab is leading a live demonstration as part of the EU-funded OCEAN2020 defence research project. The demonstration is being held in the Baltic Sea in August 2021, with the participation of 17 European companies, research institutes and defence ministries.
F-35 stealth jets and warships of the UK’s Carrier Strike Group unleashed their firepower during high-octane live firing exercises with US allies as the Indo-Pacific leg of their global deployment ramps up another notch.
The Royal Malaysian Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia; TLDM or RMN) recently conducted a complex live firing exercise. It consisted in the coordinated launch of surface-launched Exocet MM40 and sub-surface Exocet SM39 missiles.
