
Defence company BAE Systems was awarded a contract by the Commonwealth of Australia to upgrade existing Mk 45 Mod 2 naval gun systems on Anzac-class frigates with a Common Control System (CCS).

BAE Systems has received a contract to deliver multiple shipsets of the Mk 45 Medium Caliber Gun and automated Ammunition Handling System (AHS) for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) new Hunter-class frigates.

The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of Standard Missile 6 Block I (SM-6 Blk I) and related equipment.

Australian business Cold Logic has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to construct and install cold and cool rooms for the first batch of three Hunter class frigates.

Anschütz has supplied naval navigation radars for the modernization program of the Australian Anzac-class frigates.

RWM Italia S.p.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rheinmetall AG in Italy, has won an order from the Commonwealth of Australia to deliver a significant quantity of smart sea mines.

Navantia Australia has been contracted by the Commonwealth of Australia as the Platform Systems Designer for the SEA4000 Phase 6 Hobart-class destroyer combat systems upgrade.

RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems, an Israeli defense technology company, has secured a new contract with an Asian navy to provide comprehensive maintenance support service for its operational systems. RAFAEL disclosed that the multi-year agreement is estimated at $30 million. It includes maintenance

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office to design an autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system capable of operating from a moving navy ship at sea.

Kraken Robotics has secured a contract to supply high-resolution seabed mapping sonar equipment to a navy in Asia-Pacific.

Hanwha Systems Co., the defense division of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, has been awarded a contract to supply combat management systems for Philippine Navy offshore patrol vessels (OPVs).

The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Government of Australia of Tomahawk missiles and related equipment.

BAE Systems Maritime Australia, who will deliver nine Hunter-class frigates for the Australian Navy, has further enhanced the shipbuilding process by developing a digital simulation tool.

Australia has signed a contract with Kongsberg to deliver the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), which will be employed on the Hobart Class destroyers and Anzac Class frigates, replacing the ageing Harpoon anti-ship missile on those ships from 2024. In 2022, the Commonwealth of Australia announced the sele