Equipment & technology

Exail to provide equipment for Netherlands and Belgian navies’ ASWFs
Exail has signed a contract with RH Marine NETHERLANDS to provide advanced inertial navigation systems and data distribution units for the Royal Netherlands and Belgian Navies’ Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigates (ASWF).

HENSOLDT, RAFAEL develop jamming system to protect naval ships
HENSOLDT has entered into a cooperation with RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems to offer an electronic countermeasures (ECM) system for naval vessels in Germany.

Norway and Germany to develop new “super missile”
The Norwegian government has announced it is starting the development of the next-generation strike missile, in cooperation with Germany and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) as the lead industrial partner.

SIGEN and Naviris to support EW system of Horizon-class frigates
SIGEN (a consortium between Elettronica and Thales) and Naviris have signed a contract for the modernization of the Electronic Warfare (EW) system onboard Horizon-class frigates.

ABB to provide integrated power and distribution system for ASW frigates
Damen Naval has chosen ABB to supply its Onboard DC Grid integrated power and distribution system to the new Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Frigates.

Damen Naval presents full virtual reality version of Dutch combat support ship
Damen Naval has delivered an extensive virtual copy of the new combat support ship (CSS) Den Helder to the Materieel & IT Command (COMMIT). According to Damen Naval, this is the first time the company has created a virtual reality (VR) version of an entire ship for and with the Royal Netherlands Nav

Heinen & Hopman books contract for Dutch and Belgian ASW frigates
Dutch shipbuilder Damen has selected Heinen & Hopman to supply the climate and filtration systems for the four new anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates being built for the Netherlands and Belgium.

SMP pens $100mln deal to provide SRS for Indonesian Navy
UK-based manufacturer and supplier of diving and subsea rescue equipment Submarine Manufacturing and Products Ltd (SMP) has received a contract to provide its new submarine rescue system (SRS) to the Indonesian Navy. As explained, the system will be installed on a mothership designed by design and e

A&P and Cammell Laird win deal to work on UK’s Type 26 frigates
A&P and Cammell Laird have been awarded contracts by BAE Systems to build units for the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates.

MBDA and PGZ join hands on CAMM-MR missile development
MBDA and PGZ have signed an agreement to co-operate on developing a new CAMM medium-range low-cost interceptor at MSPO 2023 in Kielce.

Norway places order for additional NSMs from Kongsberg
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed a supplemental agreement with the Norwegian Defence Material Agency (FMA) for the ongoing procurement of Naval Strike Missile (NSM) for deliveries to the Norwegian Navy.

Kongsberg pens NSM CDS deal with Poland
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has been awarded contract by the Polish Ministry of National Defence to deliver four NSM (Naval Strike Missile) Coastal Defence System (CDS) squadrons.

Wärtsilä’s propulsion solutions picked for Brazilian Navy’s polar vessel
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä will supply the main power generation and power conversion system for a new Antarctic support vessel being built for the Brazilian Navy.

Saab kicks off production of composite mast for Finnish Navy’s new ships
On 15 August, a composite cutting ceremony was held at Saab’s site in Karlskrona for the first of four masts for the Finnish Navy’s new ships.