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67% of the fleet (click to view full) DID’s FOCUS Article for the DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class “destroyer” program covers the new ships’ capabilities and technologies, key controversies, associated contracts and costs, and related background resources. The ship’s prime missions are to provide naval gunfire support, and next-generation air defense, in near-shore areas where other large […]View the full article

Hi and thank for this excellent tool. Does exist a way to offset the background image? Thank you

Americas Lockheed Martin won an $88.3 million Captains of Industry contract for the overhaul of B-2 digital receiver and legacy defense message system. This contract provides for overhaul, management, and material lay-in. Work will be performed at Owego, New York, and is expected to be completed by April 16, 2034. This contract was a sole […]View the full article

All together now… (click to view full) Britain’s practice of “contracting for availability” for key equipment, rather than paying for spare parts and maintenance hours, may be its most significant defense procurement reform. In a world where older air, sea, and ground vehicle fleets are growing maintenance demands beyond countries’ available budgets, it’s an approach […]View the full article

Americas The US Navy marks a new chapter in multi-engine pilot training with the arrival of its first two T-54A trainer aircraft at Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi on Apr. 18th. The T-54A, a modified Beechcraft King Air 260 designated for the Navy, replaces the T-44C Pegasus, which has served faithfully since 1977. The […]View the full article

Americas D-J Engineering Inc. won a $30 million deal for machine shop requirements for supplies related to EA-18G and P-8A aircraft components and related platforms/requirements for Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane. Each awardee will be awarded $10,000 obligated at time of award. These contracts include options which, if exercised, would bring the total value to […]View the full article

I read this yesterday, but only now see is named Chris Carlson: https://news.usni.org/2024/04/15/sm-3-ballistic-missile-interceptor-used-for-first-time-in-combat-officials-confirm

I had no trouble finding reports of the use of the Arrow BMD system.

Americas Thales Defense & Security Inc. won a $16 million deal for the repair of three items that are part of the H-1 Optimized Top Owl system. All work will be performed in Valbonne, France, and work is expected to be completed by October 2024. Annual working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $11,933,292 […]View the full article

Americas Lockheed Martin won a $46 million order by the US Navy, which provides non-recurring engineering for the development, integration, testing, and deployment of the MH-60 aircraft product line system configuration 26 fleet release for all MH-60 air platform variants, to include baseline management integrated management planning, integrated development environment support, support equipment baseline management, […]View the full article

I've not seen any mention that Arrow was used. Perhaps classified info, knowing real life effectiveness would be useful to eg Iran. Also interesting for any Harpoon db author.

And there should be an Israel based layer too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_3 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David's_Sling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(missile_family)

A bit more on topic https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/iran-strikes-aimed-at-israel-middle-east-brink-of-war/103709790?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Americas General Dynamics Land Systems was awarded a $21,998,374 modification for Abrams systems technical support. Work will be performed in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 15, 2025. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test, and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $21,998,374 were obligated at the time of the award. Army […]View the full article

DDG are USS Carney and USS Arleigh Burke, shooting down between four and six ballistic missiles: https://news.usni.org/2024/04/14/u-s-warships-in-eastern-mediterranean-down-iranian-ballistic-missiles https://www.airandspaceforces.com/usaf-fighters-shoot-down-iranian-drones-in-defense-of-israel/

some first (few) news about the interceptions of Iranian missiles targeting Iran 14 april 2024, to crunch and get more numbers on probabilities and types (as example, two USN DDGs in Eastern Med have intercept only 3 of 120 ballistic missiles launched from Iran): https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/14/middleeast/israel-air-missile-defense-iran-attack-intl-hnk-ml/index.html

Americas BAE Systems has been awarded $25 million to provide the US Marine Corps with more Amphibious Combat Vehicle-Personnel units (ACV-P) under its fourth order for full-rate production. The deal is a follow-on order to a previously-awarded $181-million contract for the vehicles. The agreement also covers the vehicles’ fielding and sustainment costs, as well as support […]View the full article

Some sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_Nerpa_(K-152) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Kalvari_(S21) http://www.hisutton.com/Scorpene-Class-Submarine.html http://www.hisutton.com/Indian-Navy-DRDO-AIP-Submarines.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNS_Saad http://www.hisutton.com/India-Pakistan_Submarines.html https://www.navypedia.org/ships/india/in_ss_arihant.htm A very interesting analysis by H I Sutton about the elusive Arihant depicting her hull as simply a Kilo-class derivative!: http://www.hisutton.com/Vanquisher of Enemies - INS Arihant.html https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/indias-submarine-fleet-still-lacks-modern-heavyweight-torpedoes/ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/central-vigilance-commission-probe-sought-in-navys-procurement-of-torpedoes/articleshow/12584752.cms?from=mdr https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2017/01/12/no-torpedoes-for-india-s-second-scorpene-submarine/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/india-issues-tender-for-heavyweight-torpedoes-for-kalvari-class-submarines/ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/defence-acquisition-council-clears-heavy-weight-torpedoes-mid-air-refuelling-aircraft-among-major-deals/article67854256.ece https://www.dawn.com/news/1467885 https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/post-balakot-indian-navy-hunted-pakistani-submarine-for-21-days-1554601-2019-06-23 https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-deployed-nuclear-missile-armed-submarine-during-standoff-with-pakistan-2009178 https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amid-india-pakistan-tension-navy-deployed-nuclear-submarines-aircraft-carrier-2009010 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Pulwama_attack https://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=8359 https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/dms-decimal http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nts/971/K-152/K-152.htm https://russianships.info/eng/submarines/project_971.htm https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/К-152_«Нерпа»

Notes on some platforms: - Pakistani P-3C are of unknown availability, systems and weapons, perhaps Mk46 Mod5 ASW torpedoes, rarely Swedish Tp43 or the outdated Italian A.244 (As per Jane's 2015-2016), but with state of art AGM-84L Harpoon II. In consequence to represent it as with updated ASW systems are employed USN P-3C-III Orion 86. Six aircrafts available in 2019. - Very probably only one Pakistani ATR-72 present at the scenario date, and yet without ASW capabilities. It is not represented. - The few (or speculative, as per SIPRI are HQ-9/P delivered 2021) Pakistani HQ-22 SAMs (per Military Balance, delivered 2023) are represented by more or less equivalent HQ-15, showing the Pakistani capability to perturb the use of Indian ASW aircraft near its coast, and at the same time preventing a escalade employing fighter to shoot down the Indian ASW aircrafts. Its placements are purely hypothetical. But forget that, later I reckon the scenario is settled before any very long range SAM delivery, in 2019 Pakistan had only HQ-16. - The Indian Scorpene-class submarines are equipped with previously owned German SUT torpedoes, because the failed by military-political corruption acquisition process of more modern torpedoes.

View File Hot Fishes in Hot Waters, February 2019. Historical Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for EC2003 IOPG Battleset and the HCDB2-170308 new standard 1980-2025 Platform Database. This scenario is designed with advanced Scenario Editor and to be run with HCE 2015.008+ or later. This scenario is designed to be played from the Blue/Indian side or from the Red/Pakistani side. You should play a few times first the Blue side to avoid spoilers, and only later play the Red side. Image: INS Chakra (II) S72 (ex Russian Pacific Fleet K-152 Nerpa), a Project 971I/Akula-class nuclear attack submarine, leased from Russia for India, and employed on Indian waters from 29 March 2012 to 5 June 2021, when returned to Russia in Vladivostok. Official Indian Armed Forces photo 31 March 2012 in fair use, and took from Wikipedia Commons. In the immediate aftermath of the 14 February 2019 Pulwama terrorist attack, on the continuous Indian-Pakistani conflict for Jammu and Kashmir, succeeded by the Indian retaliation by the 26 February 2019 confuse Balakot airstrike, a intermediate submarine action is usually beleaguered. Soon after the Pulwama terror attack, on February 19 India pulled out its Navy from the exercise TROPEX 19 and deployed a major part of its fleet with 60 vessels to March 10, from the Andaman and Nicobar islands to close to Pakistani territorial waters, apparently hunting for the Pakistani Agosta 90B-class submarine Saad, improved with an AIP system. Including in the exercise was the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya and also the then two only Indian nuclear submarines, the SSN Chakra and the SSBN Arihant, the last one concluding her first operational deterrent patrol few months before in November 2018. Both Indian and Pakistani navies must prevail over the other, to show his resolution to control the Arabian Sea and the access to the main Pakistani ports, and to prevent the other side to overcome. Only eluding that unbalanced situation, probably directing towards a nuclear escalade, a major conflict could be avoided. At last on 4 March 2019 the Indian Scorpene-class submarine Kalvari was detected by a Pakistani P-3C Orion some 86 nm of Gwadar, well into the Pakistani Exclusive Economic Zone. But cold heads prevailed and no more shots were fired. This scenario speculates on the situation going hot between the both sides submarine and ASW elements. Even a submarine lost by a hostile action could be covered as a lamentable accident to avoid a further escalade. The sea is perhaps too much wide and open and both side forces scarce, but after an encounter the actions can be short and destructive. Enrique Mas, April 12, 2024. Submitter broncepulido Submitted 04/14/2024 Category IOPG  

Americas Insitu Inc. won a $84 million modification, which increases the contract ceiling to procure six RQ-21A and 20 ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles (UAS) including payloads and turrets; support equipment; spares and special tooling. Additionally, this modification procures services to include training, site surveys, engineering and technical and repair of repairable in support of the […]View the full article

ScanEagle launch (click to view full) ScanEagle’s base Insight UAV platform was originally developed by Washington state’s Insitu, Inc. to track dolphins and tuna from fishing boats, in order to ensure that the fish you buy in supermarkets is “dolphin-safe”. It turns out that the same characteristics needed by fishing boats (able to handle salt […]View the full article

Americas FlightSafety International Defense Corp. won a $7.9 million modification for the exercise of the KC-46 Aircrew Training System. The contract modification will provide an additional weapon system trainer, additional learning management workstations, systems engineering and program management, as well as new refresher training scenarios. Work will be performed at Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and is […]View the full article

Americas The US Navy’s transition to the CMV-22B Osprey for its long-range and medium-lift aerial logistics missions took a significant step forward on April 5, with the arrival of the first tiltrotor aircraft assigned to the East Coast at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 40, nicknamed “Mighty Bison,” received the first […]View the full article