Shmuel Bar, NIPP
Author: Michael
Forbes
Helmuth J.L.G.
Michael Marrow, Breaking Defense
The Air Force worked with engine-maker Pratt & Whitney to fix the planes in the field and during regular maintenance over three years.
DefensePost
FARA’s design and development issues, along with the absence of an analysis of alternatives, raise concerns about its feasibility and cost-effectivenes
Frudd, American Military N.
The U.S. Navy is designing a new “Iron Man” diving suit to increase the safety and productivity of its underwater divers.
No hunter is immune from “buck fever,” that nervous excitement the first time prey is spotted. In the Nevada desert in the late 1970s, the Air Force 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron — dubbed the “Red Eagles” — stood up a squadron of Soviet-origin jets in complete secrecy so that fighter pilots could see up close their prey to eliminate the “buck fever” that plagued pilots during the Vietnam air war.
Rekord Structures recently acquired Rapid Deployable Systems (RDS), which makes rapidly deployable tents as shown here. (RDS)
US-based tent manufacturer Rekord Structures nearly doubled the size of its US workforce with its recent acquisition of the Eureka! Military and Commercial Tents product lines from Johnson Outdoors, according to a Rekord official.
INS
Karanj
, the Indian Navy’s third of six Kalvari-class submarines. The service may soon procure three more vessels in the class.
(Ministry of Defence, Government of India)
The Indian Navy has edged closer towards acquiring another three Kalvari (Scorpene)-class diesel-electric submarines (SSKs) now that the plan has been endorsed by a defence ministry decision making body.
USS
Connecticut
is in the re-certified dry dock in Bremerton, Washington.
(US Navy)
The US Navy (USN) finished structural upgrades meant as interim seismic mitigation on Dry Dock 5 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, the USN confirmed on 12 July.
The USN has tested and re-certified the dry dock, the service said in a statement.
The Ukrainian Navy’s two newly acquired ex-Royal Navy Sandown-class minehunters completed their latest phase of training in the multinational ‘Sea Breeze’ exercise, held in UK waters in late June/early July. (Armed Forces of Ukraine)
The Ukrainian Navy has completed its first multinational exercise series, ‘Sea Breeze 2023′, operating the service’s two newly acquired ex-Royal Navy (RN) Sandown-class minehunters, Chernihiv (ex-HMS Grimsby) and Cherkasy (ex-HMS Shoreham).