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Navy/USMCU.S. And Allies Finish Another Pacific Missile Defense Exercise
The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency completed the international Pacific Dragon 2024 (PD24) missile defense exercise with allies in early August. The biennial PD exercise is hosted by the […]
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Navy/USMCState Department Eases Export Rules With Australia and UK, Tells Congress Export Systems Compatible With U.S.
The State Department on Thursday submitted a determination to Congress that the Australian and United Kingdom export control systems are compatible with the U.S., a step in smoothing the process […]
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Navy/USMCRIMPAC 2024 Featured Sinking Exercises To Test New Naval Weapons
The Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 exercise featured several long-planned live-fire sinking exercises (SINKEXs) this month, sinking two decommissioned U.S. Navy ships. The decommissioned Austin-class USS Dubuque (LPD-8) amphibious […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Awards Spanish Companies SPY-7 Parts Contracts for Spain Frigate
Lockheed Martin [LMT] awarded purchase orders to several Spanish companies for components of the SPY-7 radar used on the Spanish Navy F-110 frigate. The company awarded contracts to Spain’s Indra, […]
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![Twenty-eight ASC [formerly known as the Australian Submarine Corporation] personnel pose for a photo at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF), Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on July 16, 2024 as they start their SSN maintenance training to ultimately use in Australia. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Claudia LaMantia)](https://www.defensedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/aussie-asc-sub-maint-training-july-2024-300x207.jpg)
Navy/USMCFirst 28 Australiand Start AUKUS Sub Maintenance Training in Hawaii
The first cohort of 28 Australian ASC employees arrived at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) this month to start training on nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) […]
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InternationalKorea’s Hanwha Signs $1 Billion Artillery Deal With Romania, Looks To Offer Redback IFV
South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace has signed a $1 billion deal with Romania for artillery equipment, with the company also planning to offer its Redback platform for Bucharest’s effort to modernize […]
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InternationalU.S. Agrees To Second $2 Billion Foreign Military Financing Loan To Poland
The State Department this week announced the U.S. has agreed to provide Poland another $2 billion in direct loans to help the NATO ally purchase new defense items to continue […]
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InternationalCanada Plans To Buy 12 New Subs As It Climbs To NATO Two Percent of GDP Defense Spending Benchmark
The Canadian government recently announced it is taking steps towards buying 12 new conventionally-powered under-ice capable submarines as it plans to increase defense spending to the NATO target of two […]
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ArmyU.S. To Begin Deploying Long-Range Fires, Including Hypersonics, To Germany In 2026
The U.S. Army is planning to start periodic deployments of long-range fires capabilities, including hypersonic weapons, to Germany starting in 2026. The capabilities will be deployed with one of the […]
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Business/FinancialFormer SecNav Spencer Named New Austal Chairman
Former Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer was named the new chairman of Australian shipbuilder Austal Limited, parent company of Austal USA. Spencer took over as chairman on July 1, […]
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