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HMS Dragon Returns From 214 Days Defending Cyprus and Escorting French Carrier
The Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon is back in Portsmouth after a 214-day deployment that ran from the air defense of Cyprus…
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Panama Adds Corsair Autonomous Surface Vessels to Counter-Drug Patrols
Panama’s SENAN has added Saronic’s Corsair autonomous surface vessels to counter-narcotics patrols with U.S. technical support. Panama keeps mission control and law…
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Germany Plans Frigate-Free Aspides Red Sea Mandate as Houthis Push North
Berlin’s cabinet wants German forces to stay in the EU’s Aspides naval operation until October 2027 under an unchanged 350-troop ceiling. Lawmakers…
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Spanish Navy VSHORAD: Indra Taps Thales LMM Against Drones and Small Boats
Thales UK will integrate its laser beam-riding Lightweight Multirole Missile into SILAEM, the €51 million VSHORAD system Indra is developing to give…
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US Orders $6.3B in SM-3 Block IB Missile Interceptors After Iran Combat
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon a multi-year contract worth up to $6.34 billion for SM-3 Block IB interceptors through 2034,…
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Naval Group FDI Frigate Pitch: Two Ships a Year as Rivals Falter
Naval Group is betting its Lorient FDI frigate line, able to build two ships a year, can win European orders as Germany’s…
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SLCM-N: US Navy Awards $743.6M to Put Nuclear Cruise Missiles Back on Submarines
Strategic Systems Programs has awarded five OTA agreements worth $743.6 million to prototype the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile and its canister. Dynetics,…
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Australia Seeks Tomahawk Mission Planning Center to Run Long-Range Strikes
The US State Department has approved a possible $300 million sale of Tomahawk mission planning infrastructure to Australia, including a Theater Mission…
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Royal Navy Mine Warfare Squadron Takes Autonomous MMCM, SeaCat to Sea
Zulu Squadron of the Royal Navy’s Mine and Threat Exploitation Group has moved into sea trials with the Thales MMCM system, the…
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US Navy Taps AEVEX USV and VideoRay ROV for Mine Countermeasure Prototype
An AEVEX-led team pairing a BlackSea unmanned surface vessel with VideoRay’s Mission Specialist Defender ROV has been selected for a Navy mine…