Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 2 and the US Navy’s Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) augmented by Italian Navy frigate ITS Alpino (F 594) conducted joint maritime and air defence exercises on July 24 while operating in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Canadian Coast Guard has awarded a vessel life extension contract for the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker CCGS George R. Pearkes to Ontario-based Heddle Shipyards.
The unmanned influence sweep system (UISS), a component of the US Navy’s suite of mine countermeasure technologies, has achieved initial operating capability (IOC).
Rotary unmanned aerial systems (RUAS) supplier Steadicopter has won a contract to provide its Black Eagle 5O electric unmanned helicopter for the Israeli Navy. The Black Eagle Electric family is the first family of unmanned helicopters that are powered by an electric motor. The model Black Eagle 50,
UK defence company BAE Systems has signed a five-year contract to support its Artisan radar on the Brazilian Navy’s flagship, the multipurpose aircraft carrier NAM Atlântico.
French tech company iXblue and compatriot defence firm ECA Group have demonstrated subsea asset tracking in the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea in Poland’s Gdynia harbor.
Systems Engineering & Assessment’s (SEA) Naval Systems Integration Process Service (NSIPS) contract has been extended to include support for the configuration management of the combat systems for all Royal Navy in-service submarines.
Four prototype unmanned surface vessels are participating in the Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC) exercise, delivering warfighting capabilities and extending the reach of the manned US fleet with fewer risks to the warfighter.
The US Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) arrived in the Republic of Singapore for a scheduled port call on 22 July, marking the first time the carrier has visited the country since 2019.
American shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls Industries has revealed that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for engineering and design from the US Navy for the next-generation guided-missile destroyer (DDG(X)) program.
A Royal Navy warship, Type 23 frigate HMS Portland, has tracked the movements of two Russian submarines as they sailed into the North Sea.
Defence companies Rolls-Royce and Safran Power Units have jointly signed an assessment phase contract with MBDA, as part of the Franco-British Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) program.
General Dynamics Mission Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a US Navy contract to support the development, production and installation of fire control systems for the Columbia- and Dreadnought classes of ballistic missile submarines.
The US Marine Corps (USMC) has tested its medium-range intercept capability (MRIC) prototype integrated with Rafael’s Iron Dome ground launcher and Tamir interceptor missile.
