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Joint statement from: Hon Ron Mark, New Zealand Minister of Defence; Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, Australia Minister for Defence; Hon Harjit Sajjan, Canada Minister of National Defence; Rt Hon Ben Wallace, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence; and Dr Mark Esper, United States Secretary of Defense. June 23, 2020 – The defense ministers from the Five Eyes…
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June 23, 2020 – Fairbanks Morse has been awarded a purchase order by Huntington Ingalls Industries to build and deliver the four main propulsion diesel engines that will power the U.S. Navy’s newest Landing Platform/Dock (LPD) ship, LPD 31. The ship is the second of 13 in the LPD Flight II class of ships. “We are proud to carry on…
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June 23, 2020 (Google Translation) – The crews of warships and rescue ships, the naval aviation of the Baltic Fleet ensured the fulfillment of the elements of the course task of L-3 in the sea of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky diesel-electric submarine. As part of the development of the planned course task, the submarine crew in the combat training area of the…
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June 23, 2020 – USS Porter (DDG 78) arrived in Batumi for a scheduled port visit on June 23, as part of the United States’ continued Black Sea presence and support for our regional partners. The visit serves to highlight the continued cooperation between the U.S. and Georgia by promoting regional peace and stability. This is the ship’s third visit…
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June 19, 2020 – The U.S. Navy recently awarded a new contract to General Dynamics Mission Systems that includes a broad scope of work for the Columbia and Dreadnought ballistic missile submarine class to support development, production, and installation requirements. The contract as awarded has a value of $104,214,429 over the next four years. This contract is the first for…
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June 23, 2020 – Alion Science and Technology announces today it has been awarded a $59M contract for the implementation of advanced threats for weapon system research and development for the Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) Red Cell, information operations cell, and electromagnetic maneuver warfare cell. Alion was awarded this contract under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s (DoD…
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June 18, 2020 (Google Translation) – The ships of the Baltic Fleet, observing the exercises of the NATO forces “Baltops 2020”, returned to their permanent bases The ships of the Baltic Fleet completed the tasks in the naval training grounds of the fleet, returned to the main naval base of the city of Baltiysk and began planned military training and…
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June 17, 2020 – HMS Tyne have completed two days of training with LÉ George Bernard Shaw from the Irish Defence Force in the Celtic Sea. The exercises strengthened ties between the navies, as the two patrol vessels worked together on navigation skills and carried out a transfer of supplies from one ship to another. “This was a great opportunity…
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