Exercise Formidable Shield News Today

Among the strategic achievements listed by QinetiQ over the past year was the development of the DragonFire laser weapon system.

Norfolk (NNS) — Military Sealift Command’s fleet replenishment oiler USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO 188) returns to Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 10, following a four-month deployment to U.S. Sixth Fleet’s area

Among other pressing matters, NATO needs to start talking now about updating its maritime strategy, writes James Foggo, dean of the Center for Maritime Strategy.

QinetiQ is providing range management, aerial targets and support and evaluation services for the multinational multi-domain Exercise Formidable Shield taking place in the UK and Norway.

QinetiQ is once more assisting in the delivery of Exercise Formidable Shield (FS), a live-fire combined integrated air and missile defence exercise taking place at MOD Hebrides in Scotland, and Andoya in Norway.

US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEWaves of power: The USS Roosevelt takes part in Exercise Formidable Shield, a Nato training event off northwest Scotland that began yest

Aircraft from Italy and France have touched down at the base.

One of the ships, the Admiral Grigorovich, has been involved in cruise missile attacks on Ukraine

An increase in military traffic on the Firth of Clyde is expected later this month as a NATO live-firing exercise gets underway.

The Formidable Shield naval exercises are staged every two years and are intended to assure allies, deter adversaries, and demonstrate the commitment of NATO to collective defense.