The US Navy’s next-generation subsonic aerial target (SSAT), the BQM-177A, has reached full operational capability during a successful standard missile launch and intercept while participating in Pacific Vanguard 2022 (PV 22) in the Philippine Sea.
Equipment supplier Leonardo DRS (DRS) has completed factory acceptance testing and shipment of the first production unit of the main propulsion motor for the US Navy’s lead Columbia-class submarine.
Kongsberg Maritime Sweden has been awarded a contract by Damen Naval to supply four shipsets of controllable pitch propeller systems along with associated hubs, blades, hubcaps and shaft lines, for the German Navy’s new F-126 frigates.
British maritime company Kraken Technology Group (KTG) has announced a partnership with MSI-Defence Systems (MSI-DS) around key systems on its K50 Kraken maritime gunship.
BAE Systems’ Combat System Mission Crew Workstation (CSMCW) is now qualified for the P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft, the company revealed.
American shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has revealed that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division received a contract from the US Navy to begin the combat systems availability for the Zumwalt-class destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002).
India’s Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy have successfully flight tested Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has awarded Environics with a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) monitoring systems to four Pohjanmaa-class multi-role corvettes, as part of the Finnish Navy’s strategic Squadron 2020 project. Under the contract worth over €2 mil
The US Navy has contracted BAE Systems for the production of seven network tactical common data link (NTCDL) systems to be installed on aircraft carriers and the new Constellation class frigates. Under the $42.6 million contract, BAE System will produce NTCDL systems that enable the US Navy to simul
French defence company ECA Group has completed the factory acceptance tests (FAT) for its modernised ship’s command and control (CC) system and mine identification and disposal systems (MIDS) for the Latvian Navy. The system will soon be integrated into Latvia’s Tripartite-class mine hunter vessels
US shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works has been contracted by the US Navy for the procurement of long lead materials for the large missile vertical launch system (LMVLS) launch module fabrication on destroyer USS Zumwalt.
Defence company Lockheed Martin has delivered to the US Navy a 60+ kW-class high-energy laser.
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a company of Arcline Investment Management (Arcline), is expanding its capabilities to serve unmanned marine vehicles (UXV) through a licensing agreement with DECK Marine Systems (DECK), a developer of systems to deploy and recover vessels and sensors.
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has laid the keel for the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), a US Navy’s Flight III Arleigh-Burke class destroyer.
