The US State Department has approved the sale of six additional P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India. The transaction could take place as part of a foreign military sale and would be worth 2.4 billion dollars. In addition to the actual aircraft from the manufacturer Boeing, these costs also include associated...
Let's go! The first ship of the British Carrier Strike Group left the port of Portsmouth on the morning of 1 May. HMS Diamond, a Type 45 destroyer, left her home port to take part in the Strike Warrior manoeuvre off the coast of Scotland over the next two weeks....
The good news for the weekend: The commanding officer of HMS Queen Elizabeth has opened the ship's own coffee shop. Shortly before the Carrier Strike Group set sail for East Asia, Captain Angus Essenhigh treated himself to a mug. On board the aircraft carrier, the selection ranges from Americano to flat white and...
The Australian destroyer Sydney has fired an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) for the first time. The Hobart-class ship is currently undergoing Combat System Trials off the American coast. HMAS Sydney is the third and final ship of the class and was commissioned in May 2020. Her design is based on...
The minesweepers were active in the eastern Baltic Sea for a fortnight and the Open Spirit 2021 exercise ended yesterday. With great success, as more than 120 mines and other ammunition remnants were detected and rendered harmless. A total of 21 boats from eleven nations took part in the exercise, which was designed to...
After more than four months, three Russian ships from the Baltic Fleet have returned to their home port of Baltiysk (Pillau). In addition to friends and relatives, the commander of the Baltic Fleet, Admiral Alexander Nosatov, awaited the soldiers there. "Valuable gifts" and honours are likely to have provided additional joy. In addition to the corvette Stojkij,...
The Royal Navy has delivered vaccine doses to the world's most remote community. HMS Forth delivered 900 doses of AstraZeneca to the inhabitants of the tiny island of Tristan da Cunha, in the middle of the South Atlantic. The Royal Air Force first transported the drugs from RAF Brize Norton to Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands. Within an hour...
The Düsseldorf-based company Rheinmetall is celebrating the delivery of its 300th Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS). The anniversary customer, the Finnish Navy, was also the system's launch customer. MASS is currently in service with a total of 14 user nations. Rheinmetall's MASS family of maritime ship protection systems protects ships and boats from a wide range of threats - on the high seas as well...
For the first time, France has taken command of one of NATO's four standing maritime task forces. During a partly virtual ceremony, the Deputy Commander of NATO Maritime Command, Vice Admiral Didier Piaton, handed over command of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG 2) to Commander Gregory Guiran. He...
Babcock International will continue to service the Marine Rotating Electrical Machinery for the next ten years. This was announced today by the British Ministry of Defence. The contract is worth £45 million over the life of the contract. It covers the servicing of equipment already in service with the Royal...
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