DSEI: U.S. Marine F-35Bs Will Operate From British Queen Elizabeth Carriers
LONDON — The U.S. Marine Corps will deploy its Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II strike fighters on combat sorties from…
Bell of Sunken WWII Battlecruiser HMS Hood Recovered From Ocean Floor
In May 1941, the British battlecruiser HMS Hood chased down the German battleship Bismarck in an attempt to protect the…
World’s Oldest Active Aircraft Carrier INS Viraat Set to Be Museum Ship in India
The oldest active aircraft carrier in the world will be converted into a docked museum when the ship, now in…
U.S., Indian Officials Set to Discuss Aircraft Carrier Design in June
The head of the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier design and engineering office is set to meet his Indian counterparts later…
India Will Relaunch First Domestic Carrier Vikrant Next Week, More Money Approved for Second Carrier
India’s long-delayed carrier is set to enter the water next week while the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government…
U.K. Election Result Boosts Royal Navy Ballistic Missile Submarine Program
Right up to the moment the polling stations closed at 10 p.m. last Thursday in the U.K., the political pundits…
BAE Systems Awarded $415 million Design Contract for U.K. Successor SSBN, Program Future Unclear
A bridge design contract that will bring the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s effort to replace its aging Vanguard-class nuclear ballistic…
Indian Navy Set to Accelerate Second Indigenous Carrier as U.K. Built Carrier is Set to Decommission Next Year
CORRECTION: In a previous version of this post, the planned name of India’s indigenous aircraft carrier-II (IAC-II) program was incorrect.…
Japan’s Emerging Defense Export Industry
The recent relaxation of Tokyo’s ban on arms exports has introduced Japan as a budding player in the international arms…
U.K Ministry of Defence Awards BAE Systems $1.32 Billion for New Royal Navy Ship Class
The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a $1.32 billion (£859 million) contract to BAE Systems to develop a…