Day: June 6, 2018

As tensions between the West and Russia continue to mount, the Ministry of Defence is taking steps to protect the UK’s Northern airspace.  The construction of a new £10 million RAF radar facility at Saxa Vord in Shetland will improve RAF and NATO understanding of the airspace north of Britain and further out across the Norwegian Sea, reinforcing the UK’s ability to […]

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Northrop Grumman and the US Navy officially welcomed the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system to the fleet with a ceremony to celebrate the commencement of flight operations. Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu is home to the maintenance detachment of Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP)-19 DET Point Mugu, the Navy’s first unmanned patrol squadron. Maintainers […]

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The General Dynamics Mission Systems team successfully completed all stages of formal Sea Acceptance Testing (SAT) of Knifefish, the US Navy’s Surface Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) system. The tests were conducted off the coast of Boston using Navy mine test targets and included a variety of undersea, MCM operational scenarios in multiple […]

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Saab has secured a contract worth around SEK 110 million from the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for deliveries of Carl-Gustaf ammunition. The order comes under the terms of Saab’s framework agreement signed with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency in 2017 regarding Carl-Gustaf ammunition. The framework agreement enables the customer to place orders for live […]

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