Two more E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft were delivered to Japan by Northrop Grumman. There are now three Advanced Hawkeyes in the country.
After several weeks of convoying and a first operational mission, the Offshore Patrol Vessel Gabriela Silang built in France by OCEA arrived in Manila Tuesday, April 7th, 2020.
The Spanish Ministry of Defence has asked the Spanish Navy (Armada Española) to activate the Galicia (L51) landing platform dock (LPD) to support the medical capability of the autonomous city of Mellila in the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic.
With Europe now at the epicenter of the Coronavirus crisis (according to the World Health Organization), here is an overview of the impact Covid19 has on the main naval shipbuilders of the “old continent”.
In order to meet current and future combat threat environments, the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) based at MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida, has upgraded its fleet of General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems™ (GLDS), Flyer® Defense, family of M1288 Ground Mobility Vehicles (GMV) version 1.1s with new add-on armor kits manufactured by TenCate Advanced Armor™ based in Newark, Ohio.
An Israeli Navy (Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli) new SA’AR-6 class corvette, likely first ship in class INS Magen, started her initial sea trials on March 10, 2020. Several ship spotters images from the Kiel area in Germany show the vessel underway under her own power.
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) plans to deploy a Hyper-Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP) in fiscal year 2026 as a new weapon to repel enemies that invade Japan’s remote islands, from a safe distance. This HVGP could even target large surface ships such as aircraft carriers.
On 3 March 2020, the frigate NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN was handed over by the ARGE F125
consortium to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-
Service Support (BAAINBw).
The French ministry of the armed forces announced that Operation Agénor, the military component of the European led Maritime Situation Awareness in the Straight of Hormuz (EMASOH) initiative, has reached full operational capacity (FOC).
The contract for the construction of the Royal Netherlands Navy’s new Combat Support Ship, HNLMS Den Helder, was signed today between local shipbuilder Damen and the Dutch Defense Materiel Organization (DMO).
