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Americas Naval 

U.S. Navy Names Its 18th Independence-Variant Littoral Combat Ship as USS Kingsville

April 15, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Independence-class LCS, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Kingsville (LCS-36)

The U.S. Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer announced that the 18th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship will be named

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Air Americas 

Honeywell’s T55 Turboshaft Engine Powers U.S. Army’s New Future Vertical Lift Aircraft, SB>1 DEFIANT

April 15, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Compound helicopter, Future Vertical Lift (FVL), Honeywell, Honeywell Aerospace, Honeywell T55, Sikorsky–Boeing SB-1 Defiant, Turboshaft, U.S. Army, USA

A pair of Honeywell T55 turboshaft engines successfully powered a new Future Vertical Lift demonstrator intended to modernize the U.S.

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

Royal Australian Navy’s NUSHIP Sydney to Enter into Operation One Year Ahead of Schedule Following Significant Capability Upgrade

April 15, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), Australia, AWD Alliance, Guided-missile destroyer (DDG), HMAS Sydney (DDG 42), Hobart-class DDG, Osborne Naval Shipyard, Royal Australian Navy (RAN)

A significant capability upgrade to the Hobart Class Destroyers will allow NUSHIP Sydney to enter into operation one year ahead

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Air Americas 

Sikorsky Wins $9.5 Million Contract Modification in Support of VH-92A ‘Marine One’ Presidential Helicopter

April 15, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Presidential aircraft, Sikorsky, Sikorsky VH-92A Presidential Helicopter, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is being awarded a $9.5 million contract modification in support of the U.S. Marine Corp’s VH-92A ‘Marine

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Asia-Pacific C4ISR 

Cubic Awarded Contract from New Zealand Ministry of Defence to Deliver Command and Control Capabilities

April 15, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Command and Control (C2), Cubic Corporation, Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS), New Zealand, New Zealand Army, New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS), New Zealand Special Operations Forces (NZSOF)

Cubic Corporation announced that its Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) business division was awarded a contract from the New Zealand Ministry

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Europe Misc 

German Army Selects Next-Generation L3 Night Vision Technology for Improved Targeting

April 15, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments AN/PSQ-36 Fusion Goggle Enhanced (FGE), German Army (Deutsches Heer), Germany, IEA Mil-Optics GmbH, L3 Integrated Land Systems, L3 Technologies, Night vision goggles (NVG)

L3 Technologies announced that it has received a purchase order from its German distributor, IEA Mil-Optics GmbH, valued at more

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Asia-Pacific Cruise Missiles 

India’s DRDO Conducts Test Firing of Nirbhay Long-Range Subsonic Cruise Missile

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Chandipur Integrated Test Range (ITR), Cruise missile, DRDO, India, Nirbhay

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a test firing of the Nirbhay long range subsonic cruise missile from

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Asia-Pacific Military Exercises 

U.S., Thailand Conducts Anti-Submarine Exercise in Andaman Sea

April 15, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Guardian Sea, HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej (FFG-471), Royal Thai Navy (RTN), Thailand, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

The U.S. Navy and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) began the 8th iteration of exercise Guardian Sea at the opening ceremony

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Asia-Pacific GeoPolitics/ Policy 

Australia, Papua New Guinea Sign MoU for Joint Initiative at Lombrum Naval Base

April 15, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Australia, Lombrum Naval Base, Papua New Guinea (PNG)

Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) reached another milestone in the bilateral relationship with the signing of the Memorandum of

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Americas Misc 

U.S. Army to Field New ENVG-B Night Vision Goggles

April 15, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Enhanced Night Vision Goggle - Binocular (ENVG-B), L3 Insight Technology, Night vision goggles (NVG), U.S. Army, USA

For the past nine months, the U.S. Army has been testing the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular, or ENVG-B, and taking

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