The Qatari LPD
Al Fulk
in the dry dock at Fincantieri’s Palermo yard before its launch on 24 January.
(Fincantieri)
Fincantieri launched the landing platform dock (LPD) amphibious assault ship it is building for Qatar at its shipyard in Palermo on 24 January, confirming it is equipped with vertical launch systems (VLSs).
Author: Michael
The Dutch navy has started the MLU of its fleet of five LCUs, which were built in the late 1990s. (Derek Fox)
The first of five landing craft utility (LCU) Mk IX vessels operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) has started its mid-life upgrade (MLU) programme.
The first unit, L 9525, entered dry dock at De Haas Shipyards in Rotterdam on 21 January, according to the Dutch Materiel Organisation.
De Haas Shipyards was awarded a contract to conduct the LCU MLU in October 2022, with work to be completed by 2025.
Ejder Yalçın Block 4 is operated by NATO country Hungary under the name Gidrán. (Hungarian MoD)
Nurol Makina presented its 4×4vehicles at Defence iQ’s International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) 2023 conference being held in London from 23 to 26 January. The Turkish company’s 18 tonne Ejder Yalçın and 14 tonne NMS vehicles, the latter under development, are considered suitable for high-intensity operations because of the employment of 4×4vehicles by private military companies like the Wagner Group and by special forces in Ukraine.
The USS
Zumwalt
will require additional testing into the coming fiscal year, the Pentagon reports.
(General Dynamics Bath Iron Works)
The US Navy (USN) will be continuing testing on guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) into the coming fiscal year (FY), according to the Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E).
Raytheon Technologies has announced net sales of $67.07bn for the full year 2022, up 4% compared to $64.38bn in the year prior.
Earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations were $3.51, up 36% versus the previous year. Adjusted EPS was $4.78, an increase of 12%.
Net income for the year was $5.216bn, operating cash flow from continuing operations was $7.168bn, and free cash flow was $4.88bn.
During the fourth quarter (Q4) 2022, the company recorded a 6% increase in net sales of $18.1bn, when compared to Q4 2021.
The net income for the reported quarter was $1.42bn.
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Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, The American Conservative
Lawmakers stirred up anti-Russian sentiment long before the invasion of Ukraine.
Bowman, et al, FDD
R. Laird, DEFENSE.info
The war in Ukraine is an epoch-changing event.
How epochal will only be written by future historians.