Day: April 7, 2018

Asia-Pacific Naval 

USS Theodore Roosevelt Conducts PASSEX with Republic of Singapore Navy

April 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Passage Exercise (PASSEX), Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), RSS Supreme (73), RSS Valiant (91), Singapore, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Sampson (DDG-102), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

The U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), along with the guided-missile destroyers USS Sampson (DDG 102),

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Air Middle East 

Boeing Awarded Contract Modification in Support of Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA Fighter Jet

April 7, 2018 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Boeing, Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle, Fighter aircraft, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF), Saudi Arabia, USA

Boeing has been awarded a contract modification, worth around $50 million, in support of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF)

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Europe Naval 

USS Porter Arrives in Cherbourg, France

April 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Arleigh Burke-class DDG, France, Guided-missile destroyer (DDG), Port de Cherbourg, U.S. 6th Fleet, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Porter (DDG-78)

The U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) arrived in Cherbourg, France, April 7, 2018, for a

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Americas Naval 

USS Bremerton Returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Final Time

April 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Hawaii, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Los Angeles-class SSN, Nuclear attack submarine (SSN), U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Bremerton (SSN-698)

The U.S. Navy’s Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on April 6,

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Air Americas 

U.S. Army AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter Crashes at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

April 7, 2018 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Attack helicopter, Boeing AH-64 Apache, Fort Campbell, U.S. Army, USA

A U.S. Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopter crashed at the local training area of their base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky

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Europe Land 

Thales UK to Supply Acusonic Shot Detection System for British Army Ajax AFV

April 7, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Ajax (Scout SV), Armoured fighting vehicle (AFV), British Army, General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS), Gunshot Detection System, Thales, UK

Thales UK has signed a contract with General Dynamics Land Systems–UK for the installation of its Acusonic sensor, a vehicle-mounted

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Air C4ISR Middle East 

Sierra Nevada Awarded Ceiling Increase Modification for Saudi King Air 350 Program

April 7, 2018 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Beechcraft King Air 350ER, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF), Saudi Arabia, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Sierra Nevada Corp. has been awarded a ceiling increase modification to a previously awarded undefinitized contract action for the Saudi

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Americas Industry 

Chile’s ENAER, Indra Signs MoU to Collaborate on Aircraft Logistics, Maintenance

April 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Chile, Empresa Nacional de Aeronáutica de Chile (ENAER), FIDAE 2018, Indra Sistemas, Partnership agreement

Chile’s state-owned aeronautical manufacturing company, Empresa Nacional de Aeronáutica de Chile (ENAER), and the technology and consultancy company Indra have

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GeoPolitics/ Policy Middle East Naval 

UK Opens New Naval Support Facility in Bahrain

April 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Bahrain, Mina Salman Port, Overseas military base, Royal Navy, UK, UK Naval Support Facility

Britain has cemented its enhanced and permanent presence in the Gulf with the opening of the United Kingdom Naval Support

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Air Americas 

U.S. Coast Guard Releases Draft Solicitation for LR/U-LE UAS Technology Demonstration

April 7, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), USA

The U.S. Coast Guard released a draft solicitation for long range/ultra-long endurance (LR/U-LE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technology demonstration and

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