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Middle East Military Exercises Naval 

French, UK and U.S. Navies Complete Exercise Artemis Trident 19

April 21, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Artemis Trident, France, French Navy, Military exercise, Royal Navy, U.S. Navy (USN), UK, USA

France’s Marine Nationale, the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy completed the U.S. 5th Fleet mine countermeasures exercise

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Air Deployments Europe 

UK Deploys Apache Attack Helicopters to Estonia

April 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Attack helicopter, Boeing AH-64 Apache, British Army, British Army Air Corps (AAC), Estonia, NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (EFP), Operation CABRIT (UK), UK, Wattisham Airfield

UK has deployed its Apache attack helicopters to Estonia with the helicopters taking off from their base at Wattisham Flying

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Air Deployments Europe 

Hungary to Lead 50th NATO Baltic Air Policing Detachment

April 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Baltic Air Policing, Hungarian Air Force, Hungary, Lithuania, NATO, Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D, Šiauliai Air Base, Spain, UK

Hungary is scheduled to be the lead nation for NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission at Šiauliai, Lithuania, together with augmenting

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Air Americas Europe 

Royal Air Force Aircrew Commence Flying Phase of P-8A Poseidon Training

April 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), NAS Jacksonville, Royal Air Force (RAF), UK, USA

Royal Air Force (RAF) aircrew have commenced the flying phase of training to fly the Poseidon MRA Mk1 (P-8A), the

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Air Americas Deployments 

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress Strategic Bombers Return to Barksdale AFB Following Short-Term Deployment to RAF Fairford, England

April 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Barksdale AFB, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Bomber Task Force (BTF), RAF Fairford, Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), UK, USA

Six U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, returned home following a short-term deployment

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Europe Misc 

Elbit Systems’ Emergency Personal Locator Beacon Enters Service with UK Royal Air Force

April 17, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Elbit Systems, Elbit Systems EPLB, Emergency locator beacon, Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), Royal Air Force (RAF), UK

Elbit Systems UK Ltd. has completed the certification for its Emergency Personal Locator Beacon (EPLB), following a series of successful

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Europe Naval 

Royal Navy Seeks Proposals to Develop Autonomous Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV)

April 17, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) UK, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) UK, Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV), Royal Navy, UK, Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV)

The UK Ministry of Defence is seeking proposals to develop an autonomous version of an existing large underwater vehicle. The

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Deployments Middle East Naval 

Royal Navy Frigate HMS Montrose Arrives in Bahrain for Three-Year Deployment

April 16, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Bahrain, Frigate, HMS Montrose (F236), Middle East, Royal Navy, Type 23 frigate, UK

The UK Roya Navy Type 23 frigate, HMS Montrose (F236) has arrived in Bahrain to begin a three-year mission, the

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Asia-Pacific Europe GeoPolitics/ Policy 

UK, India Strengthen Defence Ties with New Agreement

April 16, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments India, UK

The UK is set to strengthen defence ties with India through a renewed Memorandum of Understanding, Defence Minister Stuart Andrew

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Europe GeoPolitics/ Policy 

UK Transfers Command of Ground-Based Air Defence Systems from Royal Air Force to British Army

April 15, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Defense System, Baker Barracks, British Army, Ground-Based Air Defence (GBAD), Rapier SAM, Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Artillery (RA), Sky Sabre GBAD, Starstreak High Velocity Missile (HVM), UK

Command of the United Kingdom’s ground-based air defence systems has transferred from the Royal Air Force (RAF) to the British

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