Fleet
F-35 stealth fighter jets have been failing to meet mission-capable rates, a watchdog reports.This has been the case for six years despite over $12 billion on operations and maintenance, the GAO found.A defense official said the program and DoD must continue working to improve combat readiness. The US military’s F-35…
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States expanded sanctions against Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical sectors on Friday in response to an Iranian missile attack on Israel, the administration of President Joe Biden said. The U.S. move adds petroleum and petrochemicals to an executive order that targets key sectors of…
By Aditi Shah and Jamie Freed NEW DELHI/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Two years after Tata Group took control of Air India in a $2.4 billion deal, re-kitting an ageing fleet amid parts shortages and persistent flight delays stand in the way of the former state-owned carrier’s intent to become “a world…
Air Force Special Operations Command said Wednesday that it’s just a matter of weeks before the service’s Osprey aircraft will again be deployed to combatant commanders across the globe following a grounding and safety checks triggered by a deadly crash last year.Lt. Gen. Michael Conley, the head of the command,…
One of the Navy’s amphibious warships suffered a major mechanical failure earlier this week that forced it to return to port — at least the third such incident this year.Lt. Cmdr. David Carter, a spokesman for Naval Surface Force Atlantic, confirmed that the USS Iwo Jima suffered “a non-propulsion-related materiel…
In a first, Australia is working alongside the US on nuclear-powered submarine maintenance.It’s an important step towards Australia acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, a pillar of its partnership with the UK and US to strengthen security in the Indo-Pacific and deter Chinese aggression, a growing challenge.US Indo-Pacific Command first announced the arrival…
Ukraine says it struck and sank a Russian Black Sea Fleet submarine and damaged a number of prized S-400 air defense systems in Crimea.In a statement on Telegram, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said the Kilo-class submarine Rostov-on-Don was hit in the port of Sevastopol.”The boat sank…
The Russian navy has simultaneously deployed three of its cruise missile submarines in waters within the general Black Sea area, Ukraine’s navy says.The subs, likely improved Kilo-class vessels, are out in force just weeks after the last Russian Black Sea Fleet patrol boat left its base in Crimea following relentless…
In what appears to be a fist pump as a rapidly built and developed new combat technology comes to life, the US Air Force and contractor General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) have released a 90-second video showing the first flight of the XQ-67A, a likely predecessor of the service’s long-anticipated…
Vice-Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa told Reuters news agency that “almost all the main combat-ready ships have been moved by the enemy from the main base of the Black Sea Fleet” following significant damage to the Crimean base.”The ships are kept in Novorossiisk, and some of them are kept in the Sea…
