Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), the joint venture owned by Fincantieri and Leonardo with respective stakes of 51% and 49%, has signed, with the Directorate of Naval Armaments of the Secretariat General of Defence (MOC) a framework agreement for the Cavour aircraft carrier and the Andrea Doria and Ca
UK defence company Babcock International has entered into a strategic agreement with US shipbuilding company HII to collaborate on naval and civil nuclear decommissioning and construction opportunities in the UK and the US.
Defence company Thales has secured a contract worth £169 million to build the integrated optronic combat system mast for the Royal Navy’s future nuclear deterrent submarine class – Dreadnought.
Defence company Thales has been awarded a contract by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) to develop a new sonar suite for France’s new nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines (SSBNs).
Sensor solutions provider Hensoldt has been contracted by the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency to equip submarines of the Ula class with new periscopes and optronic mast systems.
Danish manufacturer of advanced technology solutions for defense Terma will contribute with SCANTER 6000 radars to update Norwegian Navy Skjold-class corvettes.
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded BAE Systems a 10 year contract worth £270 million to support the Royal Navy’s three main radar systems: Artisan, Sampson, and Long Range Radar (LRR).
The Croatian Navy has returned to Vestdavit for a repeat order of the latter’s PLAR-4000 davit for retrofitting on an offshore patrol vessel (OPV) after seeing its proven reliability on a range of operational missions.
Thales and the UK Ministry of Defence have signed a contract that will provide the Royal Navy with a sixth combat management system for Type 31 frigates.
Equipment provider ABB has secured a contract to retrofit the Spanish Navy’s flagship Juan Carlos I with an electrical propulsion system based on dual ABB Azipod units.
French equipment provider Thales has revealed that surveillance radar which will be fitted on Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates passed factory acceptance tests.
ABB has secured a contract with Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku to supply an integrated power and propulsion package for two new multi-purpose patrol vessels of the Finnish Border Guard.
SEA has signed a memorandum of understanding with Danish equipment provider SH Defence to explore the development of advanced modular solutions for future naval platform designs and retrofit projects.
BAE Systems has received a $219 million (GBP181 million) contract to equip the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates with five Mk 45 Maritime Indirect Fire Systems (MIFS).
