
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Government of India of MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft.

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has completed builder’s sea trials for the amphibious transport dock ship Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) built for the US Navy.

The Indian Navy is all set to commission its latest survey vessel Sandhayak, at Naval Dockyard, Vizag on February 3.

Shipbuilding company PGZ Stocznia Wojenna (PGZ Naval Shipyard) has held a keel-laying ceremony for the first Miecznik-class frigate being built for the Polish Navy.

Defence company Babcock has been awarded a contract for additional work on the South Korean Navy’s submarine program by providing submarine weapons system.

Canada’s Thordon Bearings has secured a second major Mexican Navy contract for the supply of its water-lubricated SXL wear rings for retrofit installation to the waterjet propulsion nozzles on 25 interceptor patrol vessels.

French defense industry company Naval Group has been selected to produce an autonomous underwater drone demonstrator for the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA).

US Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro has named the future Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship USNS Robert Ballard (T-AGS 67).

Cohort’s subsidiary SEA has been awarded a contract that covers the production of SEA’s lightweight torpedo launch systems (TLS) for the Royal Canadian Navy.

German defence company Anschütz has delivered integrated mission systems for navigation and Command and Control (C2) for a total of 58 HSI-32 high-speed interceptors built by the French shipyard CMN, part of CMN NAVAL shipbuilding group, for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces.

Indian Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with local company Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) for the construction of 14 fast patrol vessels (FPVs) for Indian Coast Guard (ICG.

The U.S. Navy has awarded Data Link Solutions, a joint venture between BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins, a contract to provide small form factor (SFF) Link 16 radios, which will be fulfilled using BAE Systems’ FireNet Link 16 tactical systems.

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has been awarded an advanced planning contract for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

The EUROGUARD project which aims to develop a modular and semi-autonomous surface vessel platform equipped with a remote control system has officially commenced in Estonia.