The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, the future USS John Finn (DDG 113) will be commissioned at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 15 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s Pier Kilo 10. Media are invited to cover commissioning week events, including media availability and tour on July 13. Adm. Harry Harris, Jr., commander of U.S. […]

The UK Defence Secretary, the Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon, announced today the numbers of the UK’s two new Maritime Patrol Aircraft squadrons. Nine new P-8A Poseidon aircraft will be operated by number 120 Squadron and number 201 Squadron from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier said: […]

On July 12, in the framework of Sea Breeze 2017 multinational exercise, service members worked out elements of practical diving, victims evacuation and medical aid, land search, EOD operations, search operations and shipboard damage control. A group of Ukrainian, the U.S., the UK, and Romanian divers worked out joint actions under the NATO standards. “Normally, […]

The Israeli army is acquiring modified multi-rotor drones to carry M4, SR25, 40-millimeter grenade launcher, CS gas launcher and a variety of other weapons to increase its capacity in three-dimensional urban combat. TIKAD is the result of the work in Duke Robotics, a startup based in Florida, who also presented his model to the US […]

State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom for Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) and accessories. The estimated cost is $1.035 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has requested […]

U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 Hercules aerial tanker has crashed in rural Mississippi. Local news coverage shows the plane as a totally destroyed burning hulk laying pancaked in a field. At least 16 people are dead after a U.S. Marine Corps. KC-130 airplane from Tennessee crashed into a soybean field in Mississippi Monday. The Clarion-Ledger reported that emergency calls began coming […]

Defense and Security company Saab in cooperation with Lockheed Martin are awarded a contract for training system to the U.S. Army. The order value for Saabs part of the contract is approximately MSEK 100 with deliveries taking place between 2017 and 2018. The order is booked as order intake for the second quarter of 2017. […]

South Korea and the United States staged a massive combined ballistic missile exercise Wednesday aimed at sending a warning message to North Korea, the South’s military said a day after the communist country claimed a successful long-range missile test. That was reported by Yonhap. The allies fired a barrage of missiles, including the South’s Hyunmoo-2A and […]

Assets critical to the operation of a business are vital and must be protected. These assets may include personnel or payroll information, employee records, or customer information. Data breaches are increasingly common, leading to a loss of confidence from consumers or other businesses, which may never be recovered later. There are steps which can be […]

The US Army Cadets hit the ground of the Lithuanian–Polish–Ukrainian Brigade Command to familiarize with procedures, process, and aspects of operating in the Multinational Headquarters in the period of 26–30 June 2017. That was reported by LITPOLUKRBRIG Command. The Cadet Team is led by Lieutenant Colonel Scott Reed and Major Christopher Rosebrock within the US […]