The Royal Navy has declared two drone systems ready for front-line operations.
Defense majors Thales and BAE Systems have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on submarine sonar capability.
UK tech company Leidos has unveiled Sea Dagger, a next-generation Commando Insertion Craft (CIC) concept developed for the Royal Navy.
Danish equipment provider SH Defence has signed an agreement with the US Coast Guard to provide its Cube system for USCGC Storis, a commercially procured icebreaker deployed to Alaska.
Thales and American defense major HII have completed integration and field exercise of the Thales SAMDIS 600 sonar with HII’s next-generation REMUS 620 medium unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV).
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a contract to supply fixed built propellers (FBP) for the River-class destroyer (RCD) program for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).
Raytheon, an RTX division, has been awarded a $205 million contract from the US Navy for the continued production of the Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS).
MTU Aero Engines AG and GE Aerospace are deepening their collaboration for industrial gas turbines, building on their existing partnership in marine services and the field of aircraft propulsion.
James Fisher Defence (JFD Global) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with defense company Saab to collaborate on Swedish underwater programmes and related submarine rescue solutions.
Defense company Thales has completed factory acceptance tests (FATs) for both the mission system and the combat system on the Royal Navy’s new Type 31 Inspiration-class frigates, marking major milestones in one of the UK’s most significant naval programs.
German defense giant TKMS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s VEM Technologies for cooperation in the area of submarine weapons technologies.
Japan has selected equipment provider Palfinger to supply its slipway systems for the country’s next-generation FFM-class multirole frigates.
Dutch shipbuilding major Damen Naval has signed a contract with compatriot steel supplier De Jong & Lavino for the delivery of all steel materials needed to build the PES (Plataforma Estratégica de Superficie) frigate for the Colombian Navy.
The US Navy, in partnership with defense company Raytheon, has completed its first live test of the AN/SPY-6(V)4 radar in a maritime environment.
