The U.S. Navy has christened its newest high-speed transport vessel, the future USNS Guam (T-HST 1), during a  ceremony Saturday, in Okinawa, Japan. USNS Guam is named to honor the long-standing historical and military relationship between Guam and the United States. She will be the fourth ship to bear the name Guam. Ambassador Extraordinary and […]

Chinese sources have reported that a mystery anti-ship hypersonic missile is being tested by the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). According to the current information, the prototype hypersonic missile, being developed to increase the firepower of the newest Chinese Type 055 guided missile destroyers, has done successfully land tests. Sources have claimed the new hypersonic missile, […]

On 27 April, the U.S. Navy has christened its newest high-speed transport vessel, the USNS Guam (T-HST 1). The third ship in the Zumwalt-class, DDG 1002 is named in honor of late President Lyndon B. Johnson, who served in office from 1963-1969, and will be the first ship to bear his name. Lynda Johnson Robb […]

Marine Corps Systems Command completed the first of a series of prize challenges in April, awarding cash prizes to two teams for submitting innovative ideas to improve the Corps’ helmet retention system. Prize challenges allow federal agencies to crowdsource ideas and help solve problems in various areas of expertise. Since 2010, the federal government has […]

The Polish Ministry of National Defence (MoD) and Italian aerospace company Leonardo announced on Friday an agreement worth about 380 mln EUR for supply AW101 maritime multirole helicopters. The long-awaited contract provides supply four AW101s and a comprehensive integrated logistics and training package to the Polish MoD. PZL-Świdnik, acting as the prime contractor and responsible […]

On 24 April, the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command has announced that the Marine Corps is integrating new technologies into an existing handheld GPS targeting system that helps Marines locate adversaries on the battlefield. Fielded in 2017, the Common Laser Range Finder-Integrated Capability is a handheld target location system that uses an eye-safe laser range […]

The U.S. Department of Defense has announced on 23 April that VT Halter Marine was selected to build next generation of heavy polar icebreakers in a contract worth up to $745,9 million. A statement from the Department of Defense said that the deal covers detail design and construction of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Polar […]

A new Project 09852 special-purpose nuclear-powered submarine Belgorod built for Russian Navy has been launched on 23 April. Russian President Vladimir Putin watched the submarine’s launch ceremony via a TV link-up. As Sevmash Head Mikhail Budnichenko said during the ceremony of floating out the submarine from the slipway, “the enterprise’s shipbuilders will fulfill all the […]

Lockheed Martin has announced on 22 April that it had awarded a $20 million contract for engineering and technical services for the AN/BLQ-10 Electronic Warfare System Technology Insertion (TI)-20, TI-22 and TI-24. According to a news release put out by U.S. defense contractor, the AN/BLQ-10 system includes extensive COTS and non-developmental item hardware and software […]

The U.S. Marine Corps conducted successful live-fire tests of its new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) with a deadly 40mm cannon. According to the FOX News report, during the Bushmaster Users Conference in Arizona was held live-fire testing of a new suite of amphibious vehicle weapons and sensors with new 40mm cannon. The ACV, developed by Britain’s biggest defense […]