Equipment & technology
Austal USA wins $72.5M maintenance contract for US Navy’s LCSs
Defense company Austal USA has been awarded a $72.5 million contract by the US Navy to perform maintenance on littoral combat ships (LCSs) deployed to the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and the countries and ports therein.
BAE Systems sends UK’s Type 26 frigate design data to Australia
British arms, security, and aerospace company BAE Systems has unveiled that it is transferring more than two million digital artefacts and 90,000 documents from the UK’s Type 26 frigate program to Adelaide’s Osborne Naval Shipyard.
HII wins $113.6 million procurement contract for US Navy’s assault ship
Huntington Ingalls Industries has revealed that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a contract modification from the US Navy for $113.6 million to enable long-lead-time material and advance procurement activities for amphibious assault ship LHA 9.
Damen delivers 2nd patrol boat to Jamaican Defence Force
Damen SPa 4207, the second of four Damen vessels on order for the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard, has been handed over in Kingston, Jamaica.
AUKUS partners pen deal to exchange classified naval nuclear propulsion data
The Australian government has signed an exchange of naval nuclear propulsion information-sharing agreement with AUKUS partners, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Royal Navy expands its fleet of remotely-piloted drones
The Royal Navy has expanded its fleet of remotely-piloted unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with new training, personnel and 12 aircrafts.
ESG delivers Sea Falcon drone systems to German Navy
ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH has delivered three Sea Falcon unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to be installed on the German Navy’s K130 Braunschweig-class corvettes.
US Navy awards maintenance contract to GE, potentially worth $125 million
The US Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) has awarded compatriot engineering firm GE Power Conversion an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to maintain the electric and hybrid electric power and propulsion systems aboard its vessels.
UK MOD: £100M for Babcock-led team to upgrade Royal Navy’s EW tech
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, has awarded a £100 million ($136 million) contract to a Babcock-led partnership with Elbit Systems UK and QinetiQ to deliver electronic warfare (EW) systems to the Royal Navy.
New US Navy’s radar sensing software tested
Arizona-based tech company Raytheon Missiles & Defense and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have completed demonstrations of the network cooperative radar program, an advanced radar system solution that supports the US Navy.
Rohde & Schwarz lands communication system deal with a Gulf navy
Technology company Rohde & Schwarz Emirates has received a contract to deliver external and internal communications systems for new corvettes for an undisclosed Gulf navy.
Sonardyne trials obstacle avoidance tech on Royal Navy’s XLUUV
UK-based engineering firm Sonardyne and compatriot tech company Wavefront have successfully demonstrated their underwater obstacle avoidance technology onboard an extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV).
GE secures propulsion system contract for French Navy’s LSS
US-based electrical engineering company GE Power Conversion has signed a contract to provide propulsion systems for the French Navy’s logistic support ships (LSS).
Korean Register, ROK Navy’s NALCOM team up on naval inspection technologies
The Korean Register (KR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Naval Logistics Command (NALCOM) of the Korean Navy to exchange inspection technology at the headquarters of the Korean Register located in Gangseo-gu, Busan.