Day: August 1, 2017

HMS Astute, the Royal Navy’s hunter-killer submarine, has made a triumphant return to the high seas following the completion of a comprehensive capability upgrade and an intensive period of sea training. This rigorous training phase has put HMS Astute and her crew through their paces to ensure the submarine is ready and able to respond […]

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The Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, joined military leaders, senior politicians and royals in Belgium to mark the centenary anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Passchendaele. The battle in Flanders began on 31 July 1917 and was a major engagement in the First World War, claiming the lives of around 275,000 British and […]

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ViaSat Inc has been chosen by Northrop Grumman Corporation as a key partner in the delivery of a next-generation satellite communications (SATCOM) network to the Australian Defence Force. Under the Joint Project 2008 Phase 5B2 programme, which is a large multiphase project to deploy an integrated wideband SATCOM system for the ADF, ViaSat will provide […]

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