CAES, a provider of mission-critical advanced RF technology, has won a $200 million follow-on, full-rate hardware production and sustainment award from Raytheon, an RTX business, for the US Navy’s SPY-6 radar.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä will supply the main power generation and power conversion system for a new Antarctic support vessel being built for the Brazilian Navy.
Marine Jet Power (MJP), a pioneer in waterjet propulsion systems, along with UDC Marine, MJP’s authorized representative in Taiwan, has announced the continuation of the strategic partnership with Lungteh Shipyard to produce more Tuo Chiang-class corvettes for Taiwan.
Davit provider Vestdavit has been awarded a major contract to supply davits for six US Navy’s oilers being built by General Dynamics NASSCO.
The official keel laying of the sixth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray, took place at Halifax shipyard on 21 August.
Navantia Australia has been contracted by the Commonwealth of Australia as the Platform Systems Designer for the SEA4000 Phase 6 Hobart-class destroyer combat systems upgrade.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has ordered two REMUS 620 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) from HII.
Vindhyagiri, Indian Navy’s new Project 17A frigate, was launched at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) in Kolkata on 17 August.
On 14 August, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti took over the helm as acting chief of naval operations and the first woman to run the US Navy.
On 15 August, a composite cutting ceremony was held at Saab’s site in Karlskrona for the first of four masts for the Finnish Navy’s new ships.
Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia has held a keel-laying ceremony for the first F110 frigate for the Spanish Navy.
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has launched the US Navy’s third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128).
Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the Polish Navy’s first Miecznik frigates which are based on Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigate design.
RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems, an Israeli defense technology company, has secured a new contract with an Asian navy to provide comprehensive maintenance support service for its operational systems. RAFAEL disclosed that the multi-year agreement is estimated at $30 million. It includes maintenance
