Equipment & technology
Babcock to deliver lift and hoist systems for Australia’s Hunter-class frigates
Babcock Australasia has been awarded a $30 million lift and hoists contract to enhance operational capabilities on board the Royal Australian Navy’s first three Hunter-class frigates.
BAE Systems to deliver more tactical data links to US Navy under $85 million contract
British aerospace and defense company BAE Systems has received a contract to deliver network tactical common data link (NTCDL) to the US Navy.
Raytheon snaps up $333 million deal from US Navy to produce SM-6 Block IA missiles
Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a $333 million contract from the US Navy to produce Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Block IA missiles.
Riding the wave of autonomous tech: Textron Systems unveils TSUNAMI
Defense and aerospace technologies provider Textron Systems Corporation has unveiled a new family of autonomous maritime surface vessels, the TSUNAMI.
L3Harris to provide IPMS for Australian Navy’s Hunter-class frigates
L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from BAE Systems Maritime Australia for the integrated platform management system (IPMS) on the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Hunter-class frigates.
Schottel’s transverse thrusters picked for Polish Miecznik multi-role frigates
German equipment provider Schottel has been contracted to supply its transverse thrusters for the Polish Miecznik-class multi-role frigates.
Fincantieri tests lithium-ion battery system for Italian Navy’s U212 NFS submarines
Power4Future, part of Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri, has completed the final operational test of the lithium-ion battery system (LBS), intended for the Italian Navy’s U212 near future submarines (NFS), at the Piedimonte San Germano facility.
CCC to supply QinetiQ’s UAV to US Navy
Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), a government-to-government contracting agency, has been awarded a $14 million contract with the United States Department of Defense (U.S. DoD) to supply QinetiQ’s uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV), Vindicator, and related services to the Naval Air Warfare Center We
Leonardo unveils design of Proteus uncrewed rotorcraft
Leonardo, the Royal Navy and the UK Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) Defense Equipment and Support (DE&S) Future Capability Innovation (FCI) team have unveiled the design of the Proteus technology demonstrator aircraft.
Fairbanks Morse Defense to provide equipment for US Navy’s submarines
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) has been awarded purchase orders totaling $96 million to provide essential valves for the construction of five Columbia-class and 12 Virginia-class submarines.
LIG Nex1 to work on South Korea’s reconnaissance USV project
Republic of Korea’s (ROK’s) Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has contracted local aerospace and arms manufacturer LIG Nex1 to work on the reconnaissance unmanned surface vehicle (USV) system development project.
Skydweller Aero continues autonomous maritime patrol aircraft flight tests
Skydweller Aero has continued autonomous maritime patrol aircraft (AMPA) flight tests of the Skydweller unmanned aerial system (UAS) with operational military payloads integrated onboard.
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Saab signs contract to modernize Sweden’s anti-ship missile capability
Defense company Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration regarding the modernization of Sweden’s coastal anti-ship missile capability.