Contracts
BAE Systems, BMT win $163M deal to support Australian Navy’s Anzac-class frigates
BAE Systems Australia – Maritime and BMT have been awarded the Anzac Class Designer Support Contract (DSC) to sustain and enhance the Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac-class frigates.
Data Link Solutions nets US Navy MIDS JTRS contract worth up to $1 billion
Data Link Solutions (DLS), a joint venture between BAE Systems and Collins Aerospace, has been awarded a contract from the US Navy to provide the multifunctional information distribution system joint tactical radio system (MIDS JTRS).
Keel laid for US Navy’s new Flight III Arleigh-Burke-class destroyer
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has laid the keel for the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), a US Navy’s Flight III Arleigh-Burke class destroyer.
UK’s Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster departs on a three-year mission
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster departed Portsmouth on 15 August to begin its three-year mission in the Middle East.
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.
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.
US Navy delivers first upgraded CN-235 to RMAF
The US Navy has delivered the first of three Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) CN-235 military transport aircraft converted to a maritime patrol platform.
Curtiss-Wright nets $220M deal to work on US subs and aircraft carriers
Curtiss-Wright Corporation has been awarded contracts valued in excess of $220 million to provide propulsion valves, pumps and advanced instrumentation and control systems for the US Navy’s submarines and aircraft carriers.
UK’s first Type 26 frigate to enter the water later this year, BAE confirms
Royal Navy’s first Type 26 anti-submarine frigate HMS Glasgow will enter the water later this year, shipbuilding company BAE Systems has confirmed.
Heddle Shipyards secures life extension deal for Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker
The Canadian Coast Guard has awarded a vessel life extension contract for the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker CCGS George R. Pearkes to Ontario-based Heddle Shipyards.
French Navy’s first POM OPV conducts sea trials
French Navy’s first Patrouilleur d’Outre-Mer (POM) offshore patrol vessel (OPV), Auguste Benebig, has been conducting sea trials, the navy revealed.
BAE Systems wins Artisan radar deal for Brazilian Navy’s aircraft carrier
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.
CAD issues discovered in some US Navy, US Marine Corps aircraft
The US Navy has recently discovered an issue affecting cartridge actuated devices (CAD) in some fixed-wing aircraft.
SEA wins contract extension to support Royal Navy’s submarines
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.