
Defense giant BAE Systems has been awarded a new five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide APKWS laser-guidance kits to the US Navy.

Defense major BAE Systems has been awarded a $36 million production contract from Lockheed Martin to deliver multifunction modular mast (MMM) systems for integration onto the US Navy’s Virginia-class submarines.

Thales Canada and Cohere, a Canadian multinational technology company focused on artificial intelligence, have signed a partnership agreement for advanced AI solutions for naval and maritime in-service support.

Defense company BAE Systems has been awarded a $22 million contract by the US Navy to produce missile canisters for the Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS).

Lockheed Martin and Diehl Defence have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore combining both companies’ air defense capabilities for international surface combat vessel programs for navies around the world.

Swedish supplier of advanced maritime battery systems Echandia has secured an order to supply a 3.7 MWh battery system for a new hybrid icebreaker vessel for the Canadian Coast Guard.

Defense company Austal has received an approval in principle (AiP) from classification society DNV for its autonomous and remotely operated ships (AROS) platform controller.

Saronic Technologies and NVIDIA have formed a strategic collaboration to accelerate advancements in maritime autonomy and robotics.

Defense giant Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $233 million firm-fixed-price contract to deliver IRST21 Block II systems and initial spares to the U.S. Navy and Air National Guard (ANG).

Louisiana-based boat builder Metal Shark and technology company HavocAI have entered into a strategic partnership to integrate Havoc’s collaborative autonomy platform across Metal Shark’s existing fleet of high-speed maneuverable unmanned surface vessels (HSMUSVs).

Tech company Sev1Tech has been awarded a $49 million contract under SeaPort NxG by the US Navy’s Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic to provide full system lifecycle support, including cyber engineering, network operations, and security support services.

Raytheon, a business unit of RTX Corporation, has launched the initial production of its new SharpSight multi-domain surveillance radar.

Canadian shipbuilder Irving Shipbuilding has awarded tech company L3Harris a contract for work on the visual surveillance system (VSS) for Canada’s River-class destroyer (RCD) fleet.

The US Coast Guard is set to invest nearly $350 million in robotics and autonomous systems to strengthen mission execution and operational capabilities.