Category: Navy

The Pentagon announced under contract announcement Release No: CR-244-16 that Boeing has been awarded $207 million to produce 51 Lot 90 Harpoon weapon systems for Brazil, Egypt and South Korea.

Photo: Royal Canadian Navy
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The U.S. Navy is in the process of setting up Medium Tilt-Rotor Training Detachment 204 at MCAS New River.

By MC3 Peter Burghart [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Three French policemen were invited to tour USS Dwight D. Eisenhower during the aircraft carrier’s port visit in Marseille. However, the trio were forgotten by their guides and left aboard the ship when it departed.

By Petty Officer 2nd Class Rafael Figueroa-Medina (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/110867) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A U.S. Navy P-8A assigned to VP-10 was damaged during towing at Kadena Air Base, Japan on Dec. 18. The service has classified the incident as a Class A mishap.

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The Pakistan Navy’s fourth Zulfiquar-class frigate – PNS Aslat – test-fired its Chinese C-802 subsonic anti-ship missile in the North Arabian Sea on Dec. 20.

Photo: Inter Services Public Relations
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