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US Navy carries out ‘historic test’ of new laser weapon

Posted: over 2 years ago

Argentine takes delivery of final multi-mission OPV from Naval Group

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US Navy’s destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. sails away from shipyard

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Austal USA opens $100M steel facility to support naval shipbuilding projects

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Vertex to support US Navy’s test aircraft under potential $850M deal

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Bollinger wins contract to produce MCM USV for US Navy

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UK, US and Australia plot new projects under AUKUS pact

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FMD lands contract to supply parts for US Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers

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Babcock pens contract to support Brazilian Navy’s flagship NAM Atlântico

Aerospace, defence and security company Babcock International has signed a contract to support the B...

Categories:
  • Vessels
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BAE Systems bags $125M maintenance deal for US Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS Essex

Defence company BAE Systems has received a $125.5 million contract from the US Navy to drydock and p...

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  • Vessels
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AUKUS leaders: Implementation of the AUKUS partnership has now begun

The leaders of AUKUS pact, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

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  • Industry
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US Navy’s first Ford-class aircraft carrier declared operational

The first ship of the new US Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers, USS Gerald R. Ford, has been...

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  • Vessels
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Biden nominates first woman to lead US Coast Guard

US President Joe Biden has nominated Adm. Linda L. Fagan to serve as the 27th Commandant of the US C...

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  • Industry
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US Navy to retire 24 ships saving $3.6 billion to boost future fleet

The US Navy has revealed its plans to decommission 24 ships to save $3.6 billion to boost its future...

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  • Vessels
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Two US Navy sailors injured in submarine accident in Bremerton

Two US Navy personnel sustained minor injuries after an accident happened aboard a nuclear ballistic...

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  • Vessels
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Kraken Robotics completes survey equipment testing with Canadian Navy

Kraken Robotics has completed a Robotics as a Service (RaaS) contract with the Royal Canadian Navy (...

Categories:
  • Equipment & technology
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HII floats out USCG’s Legend-class national security cutter Calhoun

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) launched the Legend-class national security cutter Calhoun (WMSL...

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  • Vessels
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Biden celebrates commissioning of US Navy’s final Block III Virginia-class sub

President of the US Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and First Lady Jill Biden, the ship sponsor, have celebrat...

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  • Vessels
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US Navy picks name for new John Lewis-class replenishment oiler ship

US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has announced that a future John Lewis-class replenishment ...

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  • Vessels
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Raytheon strikes $651M deal to produce SPY-6 radars for seven types of US Navy ships

Arizona-based defence company Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD) has been contracted for full-rat...

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  • Equipment & technology
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Keel laid for US Navy’s Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Patrick Gallagher

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) has hosted a keel-laying ceremony for the US Navy’s fin...

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  • Vessels
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US Navy opts for HII’s REMUS 300 as next-gen SUUV program of record

Global engineering and defense technologies provider Huntington Ingalls Industries has revealed that...

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  • UUV/UAV
Posted: over 2 years ago
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BAE Systems to keep US Navy’s destroyer USS Mustin afloat under new modernization deal

Defence company BAE Systems has been awarded a contract to modernize US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-c...

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  • Vessels
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UK wants to buy Tomahawk weapon system equipment, support for $368.53M

The US State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale to the Government of the UK of...

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  • Equipment & technology
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US Coast Guard retires three Island-class cutters in Bahrain

The US Coast Guard decommissioned three Island-class patrol boats on 22 March in a ceremony at Naval...

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  • Vessels
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US, Israeli Navy kick off exercise Intrinsic Defender

US Navy’s 5th Fleet and the Israeli Navy kicked off a 10-day maritime exercise on 27 March tha...

Categories:
  • Training & Education
Posted: over 2 years ago