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US Navy Tests Unmanned Speedboats with Nano Drones in Arabian Sea
2021-10-27 Read More...
Unmanned speed boats were skimming across in the Arabian Sea last Wednesday, according to the US Fifth Fleet, The National

U.S. Navy Unveils Plans for its Next Strike Fighter
2021-04-07 Read More...
The U.S. Navy elaborated on its plans to replace the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, saying the service’s next strike fighter will “most likely be manned,” Popular Mechanics

U.S. Approves Refurbishment of Bahrain’s Oliver Hazard Perry Class Ship
2019-10-25 Read More...
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain to refurbish the Oliver Hazard Perry Class ship, ex ROBERT G. BRADLEY (FFG 49) with support for an estimated cost of $150

Tapestry Solutions to Support US Transportation Command’s Mobility Systems
2018-11-15 Read More...
Tapestry Solutions, a Boeing company, announced it will provide ongoing sustainment support for the U.S. Transportation Command’s (USTRANSCOM) Single Mobility System (SMS)/Coalition Mobility System (CMS) under a subcontract agreement with Kforce

US Marine Corps Receives its Most Powerful Helicopter
2018-05-18 Read More...
The most powerful helicopter ever fielded by the U.S. was just delivered to the Marine Corps, CNBC

LM’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Performs New Flight Test
2017-12-14 Read More...
Lockheed Martin successfully fired production-configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) from a U.S. Air Force B-1B

Qatar Defense Minister Meets US 5th Fleet Commander
2017-11-09 Read More...
Qatar’s Minister of State for Defense Affairs Dr. Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah met Tuesday with Vice Admiral John Aquilino (photo), Commander of the US Naval Forces Central Command and the US Fifth

Secretary of the Navy Visits Lockheed Martin Facility
2017-10-04 Read More...
US Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Richard V. Spencer, visited Lockheed Martin’s Owego Facility, N.Y., with more than 400 employees while touring the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky MH-60R “Romeo” operations on September

Coastal Patrol Ships Test Fire Griffin Missile in Arabian Gulf
2017-08-07 Read More...
Five coastal patrol ships assigned to Patrol Coastal Squadron (PCRON) One conducted a proficiency fire test of their MK 60 Griffin Missile Systems (GMS) July 18-20 in the Arabian

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