Equipment & technology
Vestdavit inks multi-davit contract for Canadian Coast Guard’s vessels
Norwegian davit supplier Vestdavit has landed a contract to deliver high-specification davits for six multi-purpose vessels to be built for the Canadian Coast Guard at Seaspan Shipyards in Vancouver.
Leonardo nets $417M deal for US Navy’s submarine combat system hardware
Defence company Leonardo has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to provide critical electronic combat control and sonar systems equipment for installation across the service’s fleet of submarines and allied fleets.
Mitsubishi Electric, Raytheon partner on SPY-6 radar for US Navy
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has engaged with Raytheon, an RTX business to supply components of the SPY-6(V) radar for U.S. Navy vessels.
Lockheed Martin inks deals for SPY-7 radar manufacturing
Lockheed Martin has awarded Indra, Escribano Mechanical and Engineering, and ICM (Integral de Conexión y Montajes, S.L.) purchase orders for AN/SPY-7(V)2 components on the F-110 frigate.
US Navy okays prototype design of next-gen F/A-18 electronic warfare system
The US Navy has approved prototype design plans for L3Harris electronic warfare systems designed for F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft.
Kongsberg inks development contract for supersonic strike missile
Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for the initial development phase of the new German-Norwegian missile system supersonic strike missile (3SM).
Raytheon scores $677M deal to continue producing SPY-6 radars for US Navy
Raytheon, an RTX business, was awarded a $677 million contract to continue to produce AN/SPY-6(V) radars for the U.S. Navy.
Terma to provide surveillance radars for Dutch and Belgian ASW frigates
Danish provider of radar systems Terma has been contracted to supply four SCANTER 6002 naval surveillance radars for the two Belgian and two Netherlands Navy’s anti-submarine warfare frigates.
L3Harris to provide communications system for Canada’s surface combatant
Lockheed Martin Canada has awarded L3Harris Technologies the contract to provide the integrated communications system for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).
Kongsberg completes demonstrations of HUGIN AUV for US Navy
Kongsberg Discovery has completed in-water demonstrations of the HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) as part of the commercial evaluation of large-diameter unmanned underwater vehicle (LDUUV) systems by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the U.S. Navy.
Exail to equip Spanish S80 submarines with WECDIS navigation
Naval Navigation provider Exail, along with its distributor in Spain Grafinta, has signed a contract with Navantia to supply its Gecdis-W warship electronic chart display and information system (WECDIS) for the four Spanish S80 Plus-class submarines.
PHOTO: New milestones unlocked for UK’s new Type 31 frigate
The Type 31 team recently completed a number of key activities on the Royal Navy’s second Type 31 frigate, UK shipbuilder Babcock International revealed.
Kongsberg, partners to develop Norwegian and German super-sonic strike missile
Norwegian tech company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace and its German partners Diehl Defence and MBDA Deutschland have teamed up to develop future Norwegian and German super-sonic strike missile known as 3SM Tyrfing.
Kraken, BlueHalo partner on autonomous mission systems for USV, USSV
BlueHalo and Kraken Technology Group have entered into a strategic partnership to integrate BlueHalo’s artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML)-backed autonomous mission systems into Kraken’s littoral security platforms to develop next-generation uncrewed surface vehicles (USV) and uncre