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BAE Systems wins $197 million deal for USS Wasp modernization
BAE Systems has received a $197.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to drydock and perform maintenance and modernization work aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). This is the second time in four years that the company has performed significant work onboard the Wasp to sustain its w
Austal cuts metal on Royal Australian Navy’s 3rd Cape-class patrol boat
Shipbuilder Austal Australia has ‘cut metal’ on the third of six new Cape-class patrol boats to be constructed for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
UK, France partner up on developing autonomous minehunting systems
Autonomous minehunters will be introduced to the RoyalNavy after the UK and France signed a £184m contract to enhance minehunting operations around the world.
Video: Keel laid for Croatia’s final two inshore patrol vessels
Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit has laid the keel for the final two inshore patrol vessels being built for the country’s defense ministry.
HII secures deal for construction of first two Columbia-class submarine modules
Huntington Ingalls Industries’s (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a contract modification from General Dynamics Electric Boat in support of construction on the first two Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines, Columbia (SSBN 826).
Canadian Coast Guard welcomes second interim icebreaker
The Canadian Coast Guard has taken the delivery of the CCGS Jean Goodwill, the second of three medium interim icebreakers to join the fleet after completing refit and conversion work at Davie Shipbuilding in Lévis, Quebec.
ENGIE Solutions wins contract for Belgian-Dutch minehunter program
Kership, a subsidiary of the shipyards Naval Group and Piriou, has selected ENGIE Solutions to carry out the studies and installation of all the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems and cold rooms on six minesweepers for the Royal Belgian Navy and six units for the Dutch Navy.
German Navy to get 31 Sea Tiger helicopters
The German Navy will get new helicopters for its frigates. They will be known as Sea Tiger helicopters and will be mainly used in the fight against submarines and ships.
US SECNAV unveils names of two more Virginia-class attack submarines
The US Navy’s two future Virginia-class attack submarines will be named USS Tang and USS Wahoo, Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy said.
Bath Iron Works secures $146M planning yard option from US Navy
The US Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, part of General Dynamics, a $146 million option to continue to manage ongoing post-delivery modernization activities for Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyers.
Kongsberg Maritime to supply propeller systems for 5 Spanish Navy frigates
Norwegian technology company Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract worth NOK 200 million ($22 million) with Spanish shipbuilder Navantia to supply propeller systems for five F-110 frigates currently under construction for the Spanish Navy.
US intercepts ICBM target with destroyer-launched SM-3 Block IIA missile
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and US Navy successfully intercepted and destroyed a threat-representative Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile during a flight test demonstration in the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii, November
Damen, Thales seal €1.5B MKS 180 deal
Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding and Thales have signed a €1.5 billion ($1.78 billion) contract for the delivery and full integration of Thales’ mission and combat system for the four MKS 180 class frigates contracted by the German Navy.
Caribbean: Royal Navy intercepts £120M in cocaine
The Royal Navy recently seized cocaine worth more than £120m in the Caribbean.