Equipment & technology
Royal Navy’s improved Spearfish torpedo completes another round of trials in Scotland
The upgraded Spearfish heavyweight torpedo will be soon entering service with the navy after extensive trials in Scotland.
Saab wins order to provide anti-ship missiles for German Navy’s corvettes
Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab has received an order from its German partner Diehl Defence for the RBS15 anti-ship missile for the German Navy.
GE wins electric propulsion systems contract for Dutch combat support ship
GE’s Power Conversion business has signed a contract with Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) to deliver an energy management and electric propulsion package intended for the Royal Netherlands Navy’s new combat support ship (CSS), HNLMS Den Helder (A834).
General Atomics to develop new propulsor components for US submarines, surface ships
General Atomics gets a contract by US Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) to provide manufacturing design drawings, engineering, fabrication, inspection, and assembly of prototype propulsor, shafting and bearing components as well as the equipment needed to support propulsor res
Ingalls Shipbuilding achieves electronic systems light-off for US Navy’s LPD 28
Huntington Ingalls Industries revealed that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division met the requirements for the electronic systems light-off of the US Navy’s amphibious transport dock Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28).
Finnish Navy conducts 1st torpedo firing from Hamina-class missile boat
The Finnish Navy conducted its first torpedo firing in the Archipelago Sea with a TP45 torpedo borrowed from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on 19 August.
Kongsberg to supply sonars for Norwegian Coastguard’s new vessels
Norway’s marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with compatriot naval architecture and marine engineering company Vard to deliver its sonars for the Norwegian Coastguard’s new vessels.
Bureau Veritas assists Australian Navy to develop its DSwMS compliance response
Certification society Bureau Veritas (BV) is working with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to support a component of the navy’s compliance response to the Defence Seaworthiness Management System (DSwMS). Bureau Veritas will support the strengths and capabilities of the RAN to prescribe the naval ‘mat
MacGregor wins another order to supply deck handling solutions for US Navy’s T-ATS newbuilds
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order to provide deck handling solutions to two US Naval Sea Systems Command’s towing, salvage and rescue ships (T-ATS) to be built at Gulf Island Shipyards LLC, a subsidiary of Gulf Island Fabrication Inc.
BAE Systems awards 5 new supply chain contracts for Type 26 frigate program
BAE Systems has awarded a further five contracts to suppliers worth more than £100m, as progress on the Royal Navy Type 26 frigate programme continues apace at the company’s shipyards in Glasgow.
Hellenic Army Special Forces orders patrol boat from Viking
Viking Life-Saving Equipment has won a tender to supply the Hellenic Army Special Forces with its Munin S1200 daughter craft.
Alewijnse wins contract for Dutch Navy’s new combat support ship
Alewijnse Marine recently signed a contract with Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the installation activities, including of the military equipment, for the Royal Netherlands Navy’s (RNLN) new combat support ship, HNLMS Den Helder.
Danish Navy’s mine hunting upgrade program: Kraken reconfirmed as sonar systems supplier
Canadian marine technology company Kraken Robotics has been reconfirmed as a supplier of new sonar systems for the Royal Danish Navy.
Elbit Systems secures $53 million deal to supply, integrate intelligence suites to a navy in Southeast Asia
Elbit Systems Ltd. has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $53 million to provide and integrate intelligence suites onboard vessels of a “navy of a country in Southeast Asia”.