Greensea Systems Inc. has been awarded a contract for a 2-year Phase II option period by the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research to continue the technology development for an autonomous hull cleaning vehicle.
Thales Defense & Security, Inc. (TDSI), part of French multinational company Thales Group, has acquired full ownership of Advanced Acoustic Concepts (AAC), their joint venture with Leonardo DRS.
UK defence company BAE Systems has signed a five-year contract to support its Artisan radar on the Brazilian Navy’s flagship, the multipurpose aircraft carrier NAM Atlântico.
The US Navy has recently discovered an issue affecting cartridge actuated devices (CAD) in some fixed-wing aircraft.
French tech company iXblue and compatriot defence firm ECA Group have demonstrated subsea asset tracking in the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea in Poland’s Gdynia harbor.
Systems Engineering & Assessment’s (SEA) Naval Systems Integration Process Service (NSIPS) contract has been extended to include support for the configuration management of the combat systems for all Royal Navy in-service submarines.
Four prototype unmanned surface vessels are participating in the Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC) exercise, delivering warfighting capabilities and extending the reach of the manned US fleet with fewer risks to the warfighter.
Two US Coast Guard fast response cutters arrived in Beirut, Lebanon for a scheduled port visit on 25 July, marking their arrival to the Middle East after departing the US and transiting the Mediterranean Sea.
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has held a commissioning ceremony for the second of five corvettes being built for the Royal Saudi Navy, Al-Diriyah.
Canadian shipbuilder Irving Shipbuilding has revealed that the Royal Canadian Navy’s third Arctic and offshore patrol ship (AOPS) HMCS Max Bernays has started sea trials.
The Royal Marines have completed preparations for operations across the Mediterranean this autumn after intensive amphibious exercises in the Netherlands.
US Navy held a decommissioning ceremony for Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story on 22 July before its inactivation next month.
The US Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) arrived in the Republic of Singapore for a scheduled port call on 22 July, marking the first time the carrier has visited the country since 2019.
On 20 July, the European Commission announced plans to grant a total EU funding of almost €1.2 billion supporting 61 collaborative defence research and development projects, including projects from the naval defence sector.
