Ultra announces that its USSI business, based in Columbia City, Indiana, US, has received US Navy contracts for sonobuoys worth about $25m… (finance.yahoo) [mappress] Source: finance.yahoo, April 12, 2011;
Nato warships were on Monday moored in Dubai`s main port alongside a slew of cargo vessels on a mission to boost military ties with Gulf Ara… By W.G. Dunlop (dawn) [mappress] Source: dawn, April 12, 2011;
The amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard will leave dry dock Wednesday at General Dynamics NASSCO, where all of the region’s major shipy… By Gary Robbins (signonsandiego) [mappress] Source: signonsandiego, April 12, 2011; I
RSL Fiber Systems, LLC has added yet another major distinction to its rapidly-increasing portfolio of achievements, securing its first international defense contract, with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, to supply fiber optic remote source lighting systems for the Italian Navy’s new FREMM class fri
The Kostiantyn Olshansky, a large landing ship of the Ukrainian Navy, has brought to Sevastopol (southern Ukraine) the citizens of Ukraine a… (ukrinform) [mappress] Source: ukrinform, April 11, 2011;
Raytheon Company delivered the first Phalanx Close-In Weapon System to the Republic of Korea Navy for batch one of the new Ulsan-1 class FFX ship program. The direct commercial sale calls for the Phalanx Block 1B system to be installed on the lead ship of the 2,300-ton frigate class this year; it re
Harris Corporation , an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $2 million contract from the Canadian Government for shipboard satellite communications terminals. The Harris terminals will reduce expensive dial-up lease costs while significantly increasing
Raytheon Company was awarded $42 million for the initial concept development and program planning for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB, which is the Missile Defense Agency’s next-generation Aegis missile. “Raytheon is the lowest-risk, lowest-cost, most-technically capable provider of missile defense
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Navy warship fleet has thwarted an attempt by pirates to highjack an Iranian supertanker in the Indian Ocean… (presstv) [mappress] Source: presstv, April 11, 2011;
BMT Fleet Technology Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced today that its next Fatigue and Fracture Analysis workshop will take place during October 2011. This popular three-day workshop held in Houst
The Finnish minelayer Pohjanmaa Saturday sank a suspected pirate vessel that it had intercepted on Wednesday. The Pohjanmaa, which is partic… (yle) [mappress] Source: yle, April 11, 2011;
In an effort to inspire the youth to join Indian Navy, a replica of warship Shivalik F-47 will be installed at the Boat Club of Bhojtal (Upp… (ibnlive) [mappress] Source: ibnlive, April 11, 2011;
A Plymouth warship is on her way back home a month late after playing a pivotal role in the Libyan crisis – only to head for the scrapheap… (thisisplymouth) [mappress] Source: thisisplymouth, April 11, 2011;
A day after the Indian navy upgraded its second-in-command to the rank of vice admiral at the Visakhapatnam-based Eastern Command and minist… By Suman Sharma (dnaindia) [mappress] Source: dnaindia, April 11, 2011;
