The Royal Air Force officially retired its E-3D Sentry airborne early warning and command aircraft on September 28. A Royal Parade was held at RAF Waddington to commemorate the retirement,… Continue reading "Royal Air Force Officially Retires E-3D Sentry With Royal Parade"
Northrop Grumman, designer and manufacturer of the Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array radar used on the E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft, has announced that production of the first… Continue reading "First Royal Air Force Wedgetail Radar Now In Production"
Babcock’s plans for the Arrowhead 140 hit a setback this week, with Greece announcing that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with France’s Naval Group and MBDA to… Continue reading "Babcock Suffers Setback in Greece, Outlines Opportunities in Poland & Ireland"
F-35B Lightning IIs of the United States Marine Corps’ Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 have become the first United States aircraft to conduct cross-deck operations for a mission utilizing… Continue reading "VMFA-211 F-35Bs Conduct First Cross-Deck Mission In Modern US Naval History"
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said that the United Kingdom’s Afghanistan evacuation efforts are now “down to hours now, not weeks”, with continued operations unlikely to be feasible once… Continue reading "British Defence Secretary: UK Kabul Evacuations “Down To Hours, Not Weeks”"
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace announced on Thursday that he had authorized the deployment of 600 troops to Afghanistan to support the evacuation of British citizens and former Afghan interpreters… Continue reading "UK To Deploy Troops For Evacuations Of Citizens, Afghan Staff"
Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby attempted on Tuesday to walk back claims made by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, Dana Stroul, that the suicide UAVs used in… Continue reading "UPDATED: Pentagon Walks Back Claims Mercer Street Attack UAVs Launched From Yemen"
The State Department announced on 9 August, that Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad had travelled to Qatar on the 8 August. In a press note, the State… Continue reading "US Seeks “Joint International Response” To Taliban Advances"
Lloyd’s List reported on Tuesday that the Asphalt Princess had been hijacked by “unauthorized persons”. According to the shipping journal, the individuals that boarded the asphalt tanker in the Gulf… Continue reading "Iranian Involvement Suspected In Hijacking Of Asphalt Princess Tanker"
A report by the United Kingdom Parliament’s Defence Sub-Committee on Women in the Armed Forces reveals that 64 percent of women veterans of the UK military and 58 percent of… Continue reading "British Servicewomen Disproportionately Experience “Unacceptable Behaviour”: Report"