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November 09, 2021  

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Hyundai Wins $540M Order for South Korean Aegis Destroyer
SEOUL --- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Tuesday that it has signed a 636.3 billion won (US$ 539.7 million) deal to build an Aegis destroyer of the South Korean Navy. Under the deal with the Def

Lockheed Already Behind on F-35 Offset Contracts to Switzerland: Report
BERNE --- Defense Minister Viola Amherd doesn't miss an opportunity to promote the American aircraft, telling anyone who will listen that the F-35 stealth plane Switzerland wants to buy is not only th

China Builds Life-Sized US Ships as Training Targets in Remote Desert
BEIJING --- China's military has built mockups in the shape of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and other U.S. warships, possibly as training targets, in the desert of Xinjiang, satellite images by Maxar

 


A satellite picture shows a rail terminus and target storage building in Ruoqiang, Xinjiang, China, October 7, 2021, with in the lower left-hand corner a 75-meter long mockup of a US Navy aircraft carrier mounted on rails. (Photo is Maxar Technologies handout via Reuters)


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Hyundai Wins $540M Order for South Korean Aegis Destroyer
SEOUL --- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Tuesday that it has signed a 636.3 billion won (US$ 539.7 million) deal to build an Aegis destroyer of the South Korean Navy. Under the deal with the Def...

Lockheed Already Behind on F-35 Offset Contracts to Switzerland: Report
BERNE --- Defense Minister Viola Amherd doesn't miss an opportunity to promote the American aircraft, telling anyone who will listen that the F-35 stealth plane Switzerland wants to buy is not only th...

China Builds Life-Sized US Ships as Training Targets in Remote Desert
BEIJING --- China's military has built mockups in the shape of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and other U.S. warships, possibly as training targets, in the desert of Xinjiang, satellite images by Maxar ...

Turkey Test-Fires Siper Long-Range Air Defense Missile
ISTANBUL --- Turkey has successfully test-fired its high-altitude long-range air defense missile system, Siper, a top defense official said Saturday. Different tests of the domestic air defense sys...

China Delivers Largest, Most Advanced Warship to Pakistan
China on Monday delivered to Pakistan the largest and most advanced warship China has ever exported, in a move that highlights the friendship between the two countries and will contribute to the two c...

Russia Signs Contract to Develop New Heavy Helicopter with China
Russia has signed a contract with China to jointly develop a multipurpose heavy helicopter, state-owned Russian Helicopters said on Monday, in a sign of closer technological cooperation between Moscow...

Russia Adjusts Sarmat ICBM’s Test-Launch Program
MOSCOW --- A test-launch program of Russia’s latest Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) have been re-adjusted and only one launch will take place this year instead of the previously plan...

Russia Deploys First ‘Terminator’ Combat Vehicles with Urals Tank Division
CHEBARKUL, Chelyabinsk Region --- The first nine ‘Terminator’ tank support combat vehicles will enter service with armored units of the Central Military District’s 90th Guards Tank Division stationed ...

Airbus-Northrop Team Seeks Lead for NATO’s Future Surveillance and Control
MUNICH / FALLS CHURCH, Va. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation and Airbus Defence and Space, together with seven industrial players, have established ASPAARO, the Atlantic Strategic Partnership for Advan...

Bundeswehr Recounts Heron 1 UAV Operations in Mali
Silently and at an altitude of up to 10,000 meters, the unarmed and unmanned Heron 1 aircraft watches over the heads of the Malian population and the peacekeepers of the United Nations Multidimensiona...

US Navy Deploys USS Mount Whitney, USS Porter to Black Sea
BATUMI, Georgia --- The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) arrived in Batumi, Georgia for a sched...

S. Korea Set to Launch New FFX Batch II Frigate
SEOUL --- South Korea was set Tuesday to hold a ceremony launching a new frigate named after a warship torpedoed by North Korea in 2010, the Navy and state arms procurement agency said. The ceremon...

Pentagon Focused on Readiness, Not Chinese Military Exercises: Spox
Media reports have called attention to mock-ups of U.S. aircraft carriers the Chinese have built in the desert, presumably to train their own military for confrontation with the U.S. Navy. But the ...

After Baltic and Black Sea, USAF Flies B-1B Bombers in Australia
Two United States Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer bombers have swept over the Top End for training with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). After travelling over six thousand kilometres from Diego ...

S Korean Navy Unveils 3D Image of Future Light Aircraft Carrier
SEOUL --- South Korea's Navy has unveiled a three-dimensional rendering of an envisioned light aircraft carrier in a show of its resolve to build the warship by 2033 amid lingering doubts over its fea...

Pentagon ‘on Cusp of Cutting-Edge Innovation,’ Official Says
Artificial intelligence, quantum computing, bioengineering and other leap-ahead technologies were topics addressed by the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. Heidi Shyu provided...

PZL Mielec Delivers Final 5 Blackhawks to Philippines
MANILA –-- The delivery of the 16 Polish-made S-70i "Black Hawk" combat utility helicopters in the country has been completed, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) said on Tuesday. In an interview with r...

New Japanese Frigate Goes ‘Full Power’ During Sea Trials
The Rolls-Royce MT30 Marine Gas Turbine has achieved its full power, exceeding 40MW, as part of JS Kumano’s Power and Propulsion system commissioning milestone. JS Kumano is the second ship in the Ja...

First Upgraded T-72B3M Tanks to Arrive at Russian Base in Tajikistan
CHEBARKUL /Chelyabinsk Region --- Russia’s 201st military base stationed in Tajikistan will receive the first echelons with upgraded T-72B3M tanks in November, Central Military District Commander Colo...

US Navy Patrol Boats Fire Griffin Missiles in Arabian Gulf
BAHRAIN --- U.S. Navy patrol coastal ships conducted a live-fire exercise with the MK-60 Griffin guided-missile system in the Arabian Gulf, Nov. 4-6, to test crew proficiency and system functionality....

Ukraine to Produce State-of-the-Art Floating Dock for Croatia
Kherson State Plant "Pallada", which is part of Ukroboronprom, has signed a contract with the Croatian company "ISKRA SHIPYARD 1 LLC" for the construction of a new generation composite floating dock w...

NY National Guard Tries Out US Army’s New Sniper Rifle
FORT DRUM, New York --- Across the New York Army National Guard’s 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Soldiers are closing the gap between the reach of the basic Soldier and the highly trained sniper w...

Thales Delivers 100th Ground Master Radar to Morocco
Thales delivered its 100th radar from the Ground Master family - a Ground Master 400 (GM400) - to Morocco end July 2021, under a contract signed in 2019 with the Royal Moroccan Air Force (in addition ...


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