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Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS City of Corpus Christi

AUKUS Promises an Effective Check on China in the South Pacific

The AUKUS pact between the US, UK, and Australia will provide an effective check against Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific.

17 December

Asia Pacific

Joe Saballa

Lockheed to Upgrade Australian Aegis Combat System for $33M

Lockheed Martin Australia has secured a $33 million contract to upgrade the Aegis Combat System on the Australian Navy’s destroyers.

16 December

Air

Inder Singh Bisht

Australia Seeks to Replace MRH 90 Helos With Black Hawks

Australian defense minister Peter Dutton announced last week that the government wants to replace the country’s Airbus MRH 90 Taipan helicopters with Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks.

13 December

Technology

Joe Saballa

Rheinmetall Unveils Tablet-Programmable Robotic Vehicle

German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall has introduced its new robotic ground vehicle equipped with a high-tech autonomy kit.

13 December

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

France-Greece Frigate Deal Going Ahead Despite US Offer: Paris

Greece will honor a deal to buy three frigates from France after a competing offer from the US threatened to overturn the contract.

8 December

Asia Pacific

Joe Saballa

Northrop Opens $14M Laboratory in Australia

Northrop Grumman has officially opened a new laboratory in Australia to handle systems integration and demonstration of its defense products.

1 December

Asia Pacific

Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A Hornet aircraft departs RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory

Hanan Zaffar

Australia Bids Farewell to Classic Hornets, Inducts F-35As

Australia has formally retired its fleet of single-seat F/A-18A and two-seat F/A-18B Classic Hornets, replaced by fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II fighters.

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Business