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The British military said Thursday that it paused trials of its new fleet of tanks, after a newspaper reported the vehicles cant travel safely at more than 20 miles an hour or reverse over obstacles more than 8 inches high.

Rheinmetall announced on June 2 the delivery of the first 25 Boxer 8x8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV) to the Australian Army under the $5.2 billion LAND 400 Phase 2 Mounted Combat Reconnaissance Capability project.

A Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout demonstrated its suitability for the U.S. Marine Corps’ amphibious warfare mission in initial fit check aboard the USS Anchorage.

MQ-8C Fire Scout Completes Successful Fit Check aboard USS Anchorage Our Bureau 431 MQ-8C Fire Scout The MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s only ship-based autonomous helicopter program, passes the initial fit check aboard the USS Anchorage (LPD-23). The test was held at Naval Base San Diego demonstrating the aircrafts’ suitability for the U.S. Marine Corps’ amphibious warfare mission, manufacturer Northrop Grumman said in a release. MQ-8C Fire Scout, which has integrated the AN/ZPY-8 ra...

MQ-8C Fire Scout completes check aboard USS Anchorage MQ-8C Fire Scout completes check aboard USS Anchorage Tuesday, 25 May 2021 10:12 According to a press release published by Northrop Grumman on May 25, 2021, MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s only ship-based autonomous helicopter program, passes the initial fit check aboard the USS Anchorage (LPD-23) at Naval Base San Diego demonstrating the aircraft suitability for the U.S. Marine Corps’ amphibious warfare mission. MQ-8C F...

U.S. Navy’s helicopter completes fit check on USS Anchorage May 25, 2021, by Sanja Pekic Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-8C Fire Scout has passed the initial fit check aboard the USS Anchorage at Naval Base San Diego. Courtesy of Northrop Grumman Belonging to the U.S. Navy’s only ship-based autonomous helicopter program, the MQ-8C Fire Scout has the ability to autonomously take off and land on any aviation-capable ship and from prepared and...

Royal Navy’s upgraded Spearfish torpedo declared ready for the front line May 14, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic The Royal Navy’s new Spearfish torpedo has been declared ready for front-line action with the navy and undergone extensive deepwater trials with HMS Audacious in the Bahamas. View from trials team boat as they approach HMS Audacious. Image by Royal Navy Five of the heavy torpedoes were successfully fired by Audacious – the fourth of the Royal ...

Royal Navy Tests Upgraded Torpedo from HMS Audacious Submarine Our Bureau 411 Spearfish Mod-1 torpedo The Royal Navy said it fired an upgraded version of Spearfish heavy torpedo from HMS Audacious Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine in the Bahamas. The firings at AUTEC, the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Centre on Andros Island, studied the performance of the weapon at its maximum operating depth and challenged the torpedos homing abilities through the introduction of countermeasure...

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USMC F-35Bs have arrived at RAF Lakenheath to deploy aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. Split into two sections, each including 5 jets, a total of 10 USMC F-35Bs aircraft have arrived at RAF Lakenheath, UK. The first five jets landed on Apr. 26, 2021; the remaining ones arrived at the base in Suffolk, England, on Apr. 28, 2021. The USMC F-35Bs aircraft belong to the VMFA-211 Wake Island Avengers, based at MCAS (Marine Corps Air Station) Yuma, Arizona, and, in the next weeks, they will depart RAF Laken...