5 days ago · The U.S. Navy’s High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system faced its first airborne target during a test in 2024, a first-time for the HELIOS program that will help the U.S. Navy inform other programs under the Directed Energy and Electric Weapon System effort.

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6 days ago · Click To Enlarge. The new submarine has a distinctive and modern look, with no sail and large X-form rudders. Provisional illustration based on available intelligence. China's incredible naval expansion and modernization continues. The latest surprise is yet another new and unexplained submarine ...

5 days ago · The U.S. Marine Corps’ latest Aviation Plan (AVPLAN) has outlined plans to double the planned inventory of 5th generation CATOBAR F-35C Lightning II fighters from 67 aircraft to 140 aircraft, a move done in support of Navy deployments …

5 days ago · The A321 MPA will have a long-range and high-manoeuvrability capability, including at low altitude. The aircraft will be equipped with a full range of sensors specific to maritime patrol aircraft, to which Thales is a major contributor: latest-generation radar with active antennas; an acoustic system using passive and active sonar buoys; electronic and electro-optical warfare …

6 days ago · From January 16 to 24, 2025, the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) centered around the aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle took part in the 5th edition of the LA PEROUSE exercise organized by France alongside eight nations bordering the Indo-Pacific: Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.

5 days ago · News News Airbus secures risk-assessment study contract of French Navy’s future MPA program 04 Feb ...

4 days ago · The Finnish Defence Forces’ Logistics Command announced this week that the first heavy corvette of the Finnish Pohjanmaa-class is hull-ready. The class, consisting of four 4,300 t vessels straddling the line between corvettes and frigates will form a key part of the Finnish Navy and the Finnish ...

4 days ago · The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) sails with two T-38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vessels (USV) and an Arabian Fox MAST-13 USV, all attached to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s (NAVCENT) Task Force 59, during exercise Digital Talon 2.0 in the Arabian Gulf, Nov. 27. 2023 NAVCENT completed the exercise demonstrating …