Equipment & technology
Denmark allocates funds to purchase additional ESSMs for navy’s frigates
To bolster the air defense capabilities, the Danish Ministry of Defense has accelerated the procurement of additional Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSMs) Block 2 for the Danish Navy’s frigates.
Ultra Maritime and GA-ASI launch partnership to advance unmanned submarine detection
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Ultra Maritime have announced a strategic partnership aimed at revolutionizing anti-submarine warfare (ASW) through unmanned aerial technology.
RTX’s Raytheon lands $580M production contract for US Navy’s next-gen jammer system
Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a $580 million follow-on production contract from the U.S. Navy for the next-generation jammer mid-band (NGJ-MB) system.
German defense tech firm unveils new autonomous underwater glider
German defense technology company Helsing has unveiled a new autonomous underwater glider that can patrol for up to three months at a time in search of underwater threats.
Serco scores £1 billion in contracts for Royal Navy maritime services
International provider of government services Serco was awarded three contracts, with a combined value of over £1 billion by the UK Ministry of Defense, to provide maritime services for the Royal Navy.
TKMS’ Atlas Elektronik takes helm of ‘innovative’ sea-based defense metaverse project
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems’ (TKMS) marine electronics division Atlas Elektronik is taking on the principal role in the GhostPlay@SEA research project as consortium leader in the development of new AI tactics for maritime defense.
Raytheon nets $2.1 billion deal for US Navy’s SM-3 Block missile variants
Raytheon has received a $2.13 billion contract modification to extend its sustaining engineering and product support services for the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) program.
Vestdavit to provide davits for French Navy’s OPVs
Norwegian equipment supplier Vestdavit has secured an order to deliver multiple davits and painter booms for a series of French Navy’s offshore patrol vessels (OPVs).
Naval Group signs contracts to support Greece’s defense industry
French shipbuilding major Naval Group has strengthened its commitment in favor of the Greek defense industry through the signature of new partnership agreements with six Hellenic companies in the frame of the Hellenic Industrial Participation (HIP) plan.
Damen teams up with Portugal’s EID on Colombian PES frigate project
Dutch shipbuilding major Damen Naval has signed a contract with Portuguese defence technology company EID for the delivery of the integrated communications control system (ICCS) for the Columbian PES (Plataforma Estratégica de Superficie) frigate project.
ST Engineering to arm Singapore Navy with unmanned mine-hunting tech
Technology and Defense group ST Engineering has been awarded contracts by MINDEF to deliver a suite of mine countermeasure (MCM) unmanned systems for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).
Sweden orders lightweight torpedoes from Saab
Defense company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the delivery of Saab lightweight torpedoes (SLWT) and torpedo tubes.
US Navy conducts another test of sea-based hypersonic missile
The US Defense Department has conducted a successful flight test of a conventional hypersonic missile launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
GE Aerospace to supply equipment for ROKN PKX-B Batch-II patrol boat program
American equipment provider GE Aerospace has secured a contract to supply eight additional LM500 marine gas turbine engines for the Republic of Korea Navy’s (ROKN) PKX-B Batch-II patrol boat program.