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9 June

Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, speaking in Havana

Havana Denies Report of Plans for Chinese Spy Base in Cuba

The Havana government denied US news reports that it has reached a deal for China to set up a spying base in Cuba, just off American shores.

9 June

Rojoef Manuel

General Atomics Receives $1.2B Aviation Support Contract for US, French Aircraft Carriers

The US Navy has awarded General Atomics a $1.9 billion contract to support the aviation capabilities on US and French Navy aircraft carriers.

9 June

Joe Saballa

US, Japan, Taiwan Agree to Share Real-Time Drone Intel

The US, Japan, and Taiwan have agreed to share real-time reconnaissance drone data to bolster military coordination.

9 June

Inder Singh Bisht

Northrop to Produce Next-Gen Maritime Navigation Sensor for US Navy

The US Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a production contract for the new AN/WSN-12 Inertial Sensor Module.

8 June

Inder Singh Bisht

L3Harris to Develop US Space Force Hypersonic Missile Warning Sensor

The US Space Force has awarded L3Harris Technologies a $29 million contract to design a sensor payload for a satellite-based missile warning and tracking system operating in medium-Earth orbit.

8 June

U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Command element (MEU), operate an ultra-light tactical vehicle to the next communication exercise target point on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 11, 2021. Marines with the 31st MEU conduct communication exercises to validate training readiness and refine inter major subordinate elements communication control. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Grace Gerlach)

Rojoef Manuel

US Marine Corps Rolls Out New Ultra Light Tactical Vehicles

The US Marine Corps has begun deploying new Ultra Light Tactical Vehicles as part of its Force Design 2030 modernization effort.

8 June

AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter fires a Hellfire missile

Inder Singh Bisht

US Marines Developing Air-Launched Long-Range Loitering Munitions

The US Marine Corps plans to replace some aircraft-launched Hellfire missiles with loitering munitions for Indo-Pacific operations.

8 June

Joe Saballa

Babcock, HHI to Collaborate on Canadian Patrol Submarine

Babcock Canada has entered into an agreement with Hyundai Heavy Industries to develop Canada’s next-generation patrol submarine.

8 June

Centaur unmanned ground system. Photo: Teledyne FLIR

Rojoef Manuel

Teledyne FLIR Delivers 1,000th Centaur Unmanned Ground Vehicle to US

Teledyne segment FLIR Defense has delivered its 1,000th Centaur medium-sized unmanned ground vehicle to US defense forces.

8 June

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen also known as PJs (para-jumpers) from the, Alaska Air National Guard Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and (Pararescue/Guardian Angels) from Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, Ariz., transport a wounded body during simulated mass casualty combat training scenario July 30, 2014.

Rojoef Manuel

US DoD Awards Cerus Additional Funds for Traumatic Injury Bleeding Solution

The US has awarded Cerus Corporation an $8.7 million follow-on contract to develop a solution for traumatic injury bleeding in warfighters.

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