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GDEB gets $236M US Navy submarine support deal
American defence company General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a contract modification for engineering, technical, design agent, and planning yard support for US Navy’s operational strategic and attack submarines.
British warship on the hunt for mines with NATO ships
Royal Navy’s Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel HMS Hurworth has joined NATO ships to support NATO on minehunting operations around Europe.
US Navy tests Snakehead LDUUV for autonomous ops
A US Navy team led by NUWC Division Newport staff demonstrated an end-to-end intelligence preparation of the operational environment (IPOE) mission with the Snakehead large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV) prototype at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility on 21 July.
UK’s warship visits Palau first time in nearly a century
Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMS Tamar became the first British warship to visit Palau, the fourth smallest country on the planet, in nearly 100 years.
Construction of US Navy’s Virginia-class sub Massachusetts hits a milestone
American shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has informed that its Newport News Shipbuilding division achieved a significant milestone in the construction of Virginia-class submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798).
US Navy’s Tico cruiser USS Leyte Gulf underway for deployment
The US Navy’s Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) departed Naval Station Norfolk for deployment on 8 August.
SeeByte to support Belgian Navy’s AUV fleet
Software solutions provider SeeByte has revealed that the Belgian Navy renewed its license for using the firm’s uncrewed maritime system (UMS) to assist its fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV).
Six companies to continue working on US Navy’s large USV design
The US Navy has hired six defense companies for continued studies of a large unmanned surface vessel (USV) design.
Metal Shark building new patrol vessel for Guyana Defense Force
Louisiana-based boat builder Metal Shark has revealed it is building a welded-aluminum monohull patrol vessel 115 Defiant for the Guyana Defense Force (GDF).
US Navy gets first next-gen jammer for its Growler
The US Navy’s first AN/ALQ-249 next-generation jammer mid-band (NGJ-MB) production representative pods have arrived at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Patuxent River, Maryland.
US Navy tests new avoidance tech for manned/unmanned ops
A “first-of-its-kind” detect and avoidance system called Guardian has proved it will make defense aviation’s manned/unmanned teaming safer during its first flight test at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) headquarters on 28 July.
SAES upgrades tactical sub simulator for Spanish Navy’s S-70 subs
Spanish provider of underwater technologies SAES has carried out the modernization process of the tactical submarine simulator (SATS) for the Spanish Navy’s S-70 submarines.
Russia’s second Lada-class submarine in final phase of sea trials
Admiralty Shipyards, a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), has begun the final stage of sea trials of the second Lada-class (Project 677) submarine Kronstadt (B-586) built for the Russian Navy.
US Navy retires Ticonderoga-class cruiser after three decades of service
The US Navy has decommissioned USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, after 29 years of service.