The Albanian Navy has contracted Nexter for the delivery of remotely operated 20mm Narwhal naval turrets. The NATO country will use the turrets to upgrade its Stan 4207 patrol vessels which have been in service with the Albanian Navy since 2008. Under the contract, Nexter will provide four of the sy
The U.S. Navy recently shared a timelapse video of the littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) entering a dry dock for her Post Shakedown Availability (PSA). The Independence variant LCS entered the dry dock at San Diego Ship Repair on May 19, after completing final contract trials in March this
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) has contracted BMT Defence Services (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, for consultancy services on the country’s submarine acquisition program. According to BMT, the contract is a framework agreement through which BMT can either conduct stand-alone tas
BAE Systems Australia announced it is teaming up with the defense department’s Capability and Sustainment Group (CASG) for the upgrade of maritime satellite communications terminals in a four year, $30 million project. The upgrade of the MASTIS – maritime element of the advanced satcom terrestrial i
The Chilean Navy has selected Lockheed Martin Canada to upgrade combat management systems on its Type 23 frigates. The company will provide its CMS 330 system which will now be featured on four different warship classes – New Zealand Navy Anzac-class frigates, and Canadian Navy AOPS and Halifax-clas
After completing her anti-ship missile defense upgrade that saw her stripped of all her inventory, Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac-class frigate HMAS Toowoomba had a significant logistics challenge to tackle. The frigate is currently performing sea trials after being re-supplied with everything from h
Saudi Arabia and Lockheed Martin have reached a $6 billion deal for the acquisition of four littoral combat ships, according to a Bloomberg report. The report said that the signed letter of agreement included a better-armed version of the Freedom-variant LCS Lockheed Martin’s industry team is buildi
The flagship of the U.S. 7th Fleet, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), became the first ship of its class to obtain a large-scale upgrade to its network infrastructure in March with the installation of CANES. The Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services (CANES) is a more integrated and flexible vir
The U.S. Navy’s new AN/ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) for the EA-18G Growler is now ready for fabrication and tests after completing CDR, the Naval Air Systems Command announced on May 18. The new Increment (Inc) 1 Mid-band jammer passed the critical design review (CDR) at Naval Air Station Pa
The prime contractor for the construction of Royal Navy’s new Type 26 frigates has contracted Brüel & Kjær to deliver a hull vibration monitoring system (HVME) for the new class of ships. The system is supposed to reduce a ship’s radiated noise signature providing self-noise monitoring capabilities
The German Navy has received its upgraded Sea King MK41 helicopter simulator ahead of schedule, CAE – the company in charge of the modernization – announced on May 16. The simulator has re-entered service at the Nordholz Naval Airbase in Germany. Previously, Sea King training was conducted on a basi
Returning from a seven-month deployment, U.S. Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) transferred unexpended ammunition to USS America (LHA 6) during an ordnance transfer off the coast of Southern California. Makin Island and her amphibious ready group were en route home while the US
The Royal Netherlands Navy (Koniklijke Marine) recently shared photos of its Walrus-class submarine HNLMS Zeeleeuw on a visit to the Dutch Caribbean Island of Curaçao. The second of overall four submarines in the class is visiting the Caribbean island for exercises with the Netherlands Marine Corps,
Australian minister for defense industry announced on Monday that the final Nulka anti-ship missile decoy to be produced under a contract with BAE Systems Australia has been delivered. Christopher Pyne said the Nulka, a joint Australian/United States development program, began from an original conce
