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Europe Military Exercises 

Exercise Phoenix Express 2018 Kicks-Off in Souda Bay

May 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Crete/ Souda Bay Naval Base, Exercise Phoenix Express, Greece, Mediterranean Sea, Military exercise, NMIOTC, U.S. 6th Fleet, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Maritime forces from Europe, North Africa, and the United States began the 14th iteration of the multinational maritime exercise Phoenix

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Air Europe 

U.S. Approves Possible Sale of Six C-130J, KC-130J Aircraft to Germany

May 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aerial refueling, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Foreign Military Sales (FMS), German Air Force (Luftwaffe ), Germany, Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules, Lockheed Martin KC-130J Super Hercules, Military transport aircraft (MTA), USA

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Germany of three C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical

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Europe Naval 

Royal Navy Destroyer HMS Defender Returns to Portsmouth

May 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Destroyer, HMNB Portsmouth, HMS Defender (D36), Royal Navy, Type 45 Daring-class, UK

The UK Royal Navy Type 45 Daring-class air-defence destroyer HMS Defender (D36) has arrived back into Portsmouth after her first

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Americas Naval 

U.S. Navy Completes Lightweight Torpedo Defense Mission Module Testing

May 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments AN/SLQ-25 Nixie, AN/SLQ-61 Light Weight Tow (LWT), LCS Torpedo Defense Mission Module (TDMM), Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Torpedo, Torpedo Defense System, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

The U.S. Navy successfully completed two days of at-sea testing of the AN/SLQ-61 Lightweight Tow (LWT) Torpedo Defense Mission Module

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Asia-Pacific GeoPolitics/ Policy 

Pacific Partnership 2018 HA/DR Preparedness Mission Concludes in Malaysia

May 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR), Malaysia, Pacific Partnership, U.S. Navy (USN), USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)

Pacific Partnership 2018, the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission, concluded pierside of expeditionary fast

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

Royal Australian Navy Frigate HMAS Toowoomba Visits Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

May 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Anzac-class frigate, Australia, Frigate, HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156), Malaysia, Royal Australian Navy (RAN)

The Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac-class frigate HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156) received an enthusiastic welcome to the Malaysian city of Kota

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Air Europe 

Royal Air Force Typhoon Jets Scrambled Against Russian Aircraft Operating Near NATO Airspace

May 5, 2018May 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Eurofighter Typhoon, Fighter aircraft, Ilyushin IL-20 "Coot-A", Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, NATO Enhanced Air Policing (EAP), Romania, Royal Air Force (RAF), Russia, Russian Air Force, UK

Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets based in Romania have been launched as a response to a Russian aircraft operating

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

U.S. Navy Attack Submarine USS Columbia Visits Yokosuka During Indo-Pacific Patrol

May 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Japan, Los Angeles-class SSN, Nuclear attack submarine (SSN), U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Columbia (SSN-771)

The U.S. Navy’s Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) arrived in Yokosuka, Japan on May 4, for a

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Air Americas 

U.S. Coast Guard Releases RFP For Long Range UAS Technology Demonstration

May 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA, USCG Research and Development Center (CG RDC)

The U.S. Coast Guard Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Program issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) on May 3

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Americas Naval 

U.S. Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20)

May 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Austal, Independence-class LCS, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Cincinnati (LCS-20)

The U.S. Navy will christen its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship, the future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20), during a 10

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