Author: DP Staff Writer

Asia-Pacific Deployments GeoPolitics/ Policy 

U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Decatur Sails Near Disputed Islands in South China Sea

September 30, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Arleigh Burke-class DDG, Guided-missile destroyer (DDG), PR China, South China Sea, Spratly Islands, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Decatur (DDG-73)

A U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG-73) has sailed close to disputed islands in the South China

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Americas Naval 

U.S. Navy Commissions its Newest Virginia-Class Fast Attack Submarine, USS Indiana (SSN 789)

September 30, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Nuclear attack submarine (SSN), U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Indiana (SSN-789), Virginia-class SSN

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Virginia-class fast attack submarine, USS Indiana (SSN 789), during a ceremony at the Navy

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Air Americas Europe Naval 

PICS, VIDEOS: F-35B Lightning II Stealth Fighter Jets Conduct Flight Trials On Board HMS Queen Elizabeth

September 29, 2018October 20, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Aircraft Carrier, Fifth-generation jet fighter, HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Queen Elizabeth-class CV, Royal Navy, UK, USA, Westlant 18

A British test pilot has landed an F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter jet on the UK Royal Navy’s newest aircraft

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Americas Naval 

Textron Awarded $98M in Support of U.S. Navy Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) Program

September 29, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Hovercraft, Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC), Textron, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Textron Inc. has been awarded a modification, worth around $98 million, by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in support of the

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Artillery Middle East Missiles 

U.S. Approves Sale of M31 GMLRS Unitary Rocket Pods, ATACMS T2K Unitary Missiles to Bahrain

September 29, 2018September 29, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Bahrain, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Foreign Military Sales (FMS), GMLRS Unitary (GMLRS-U), MGM-140 ATACMS, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Royal Bahraini Army, Surface-to-surface missile (SSM), USA

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Unitary Rocket Pods

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Americas Naval 

Huntington Ingalls Lowered Final Piece of Aircraft Carrier Future USS John F. Kennedy’s Underwater Hull into Place

September 28, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Gerald R. Ford-class CVN, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Newport News Shipbuilding, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division on Friday lowered the final piece of the future USS John F.

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Air/ Missile Defense Asia-Pacific 

India Approves $5.43 Billion Deal to Procure Five S-400 Triumf Air Defense Systems from Russia

September 28, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air Defense System, Anti-ballistic missile (ABM), Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) India, India, Russia, S-400 Triumf

India’s Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) has approved a $5.43 billion deal to procure five S-400 Triumf air defense systems

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Air Americas 

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Fighter Aircraft Crashes Near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort

September 28, 2018September 28, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, MCAS Beaufort, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

A U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter aircraft crashed near Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort in

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Africa Air 

Two Nigerian Air Force F-7NI Fighter Jets Collides Mid-Air While Rehearsing for Independence Day Flypast

September 28, 2018September 28, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Chengdu J-7/F-7, Fighter aircraft, Nigeria, Nigerian Air Force (NAF)

Two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) F-7NI fighter jets collided mid-air on Friday while rehearsing for the flypast celebrating Nigeria’s 58th

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Air Asia-Pacific Deployments 

U.S. Air Force B-52H Strategic Bombers Conduct Missions Over South China Sea, Indian Ocean

September 28, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP), Guam, Indian Ocean, South China Sea, Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), USA

Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft conducted operations in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean on

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