Unnamed African nation orders 2 C-27Js
Alenia Aermacchi has sold two of the company’s C-27J tactical transport to an unnamed African nation.
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The company said this is the third order on the African continent, after Morocco and Chad.
Source: Unnamed African nation orders 2 C-27Js
AGM-88E has new ‘anti-ship’ capability
A AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) successfully hit a Mobile Ship Target during Block 1 upgrade test firings at the Point Mugu Sea Range on Aug. 18.
Photo: Orbital ATK
Source: AGM-88E has new ‘anti-ship’ capability
Egypt to buy two Mistral helicopter carriers
The French President’s Office has announced the sale of two Mistral helicopter carriers to Egypt.
Reuters reports that one ship will be base in the Mediterranean and another in the Red Sea.
Source: Egypt to buy two Mistral helicopter carriers
Kerry: Russian combat aircraft in Syria likely for protection of base
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Russia’s deployment of combat aircraft in Syria appeared to be for defending it own base there.
“For the moment it is the judgment of our military and experts that the level and type represents basically force protection,” Kerry told reporters.
Source: Kerry: Russian combat aircraft in Syria likely for protection of base
Widows sue U.S. Navy over fatal MH-60S crash
The widows of two U.S. Navy MH-60S pilots who were killed when their helicopter was swept overboard by strong waves has filed a suit against the U.S. Navy, asking the court to declare the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer as unsafe.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Burke [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Source: Widows sue U.S. Navy over fatal MH-60S crash
For the first time, senior officers of the U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet took part in a JMSDF tactical simulation involving an emergency situation in the Senkaku Islands.
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High-level Egyptian delegation in Paris to negotiation purchase of Mistral ships
A high-level delegation from Egypt is in Paris to discuss the purchase of Mistral helicopter carriers and two Gowind-class corvettes.
By Ludovic Péron (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Source: High-level Egyptian delegation in Paris to negotiation purchase of Mistral ships
General Atomics to train foreign military UAV operators in North Dakota
General Atomics has confirmed its plan to set up a training academy in Grand Forks, North Dakota to teach foreign military operators of the MQ-9.
Photo: Cpl Mark Webster/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
The company signed a 10-year lease agreement for the five-and-a-half acre complex, which can train up to 60 flight crews per year.
Source: General Atomics to train foreign military UAV operators in North Dakota
Denmark willing to send F-16s to strike targets in Syria
Denmark’s Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen told the magazine Ræson that if Danish F-16s are sent back to the Middle East next year, they could probably attack ISIL targets in Syria as well.
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“I am open but haven’t decided. We will take a position on it when we send our Danish F-16s out again,” Jensen said.
Source: Denmark willing to send F-16s to strike targets in Syria
RAND: China has rapidly improved its ability to reliably locate and to attack U.S. CSGs
A new research by RAND concluded that “China has rapidly improved its ability to reliably locate and to attack U.S. carrier-strike groups at distances of up to 2,000 km from its coast.”
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The think tank suggests the Pentagon look at ways to degrade Chinese intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to counter this threat to U.S. surface warships.
It also wants military leaders to “consider alternative concepts of operation that rely less on the early use of carriers in waters near China’s coast.”
Source: RAND: China has rapidly improved its ability to reliably locate and to attack U.S. CSGs