Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $936 million contract for the construction of an additional Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Flight III destroyer for the US Navy.
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) has been awarded a contract modification for the design completion, engineering work and design support efforts for the Columbia class of ballistic missile submarines.
Seaspan Shipyards and Heddle Shipyards have entered into an exclusive teaming agreement for the Canadian Coast Guard’s future polar icebreaker, bringing Heddle and Ontario shipyards into the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS).
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Northrop Grumman has successfully manufactured and tested the first industry-built very lightweight torpedo (VLWT) for the US Navy. The prototype torpedo is based on the Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory’s (PSU-ARL) design that was distributed to defense industrial manufactur
Germany’s naval company thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has signed a contract to acquire the Oceana shipyard in Brazil – the shipyard which will build four Tamandaré-class corvettes for the Brazilian Navy. The shipyard will be bought from Aliança S.A., a company owned by Brazilian CBO Group which
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Last week, ground was broken on a new expansion to Rolls-Royce’s Centre of Excellence for Naval Handling equipment in Peterborough, Ontario. The company welcomed Minister Maryam Monsef, MP for Peterborough-Kawartha, Dave Smith, Member of the Provincial Parliament, and Peterborough Mayor Diane Therri
Titan Acquisition Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) San Diego Shipyard. The shipyard is one of the largest fleet service and repair sites in America, located in the US largest navy port. The transaction is subject to customary closing co
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American military shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has entered into an agreement to acquire Hydroid Inc. a provider of advanced marine robotics to the defense and maritime markets and a US-based subsidiary of Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime. In conjunction with the transaction, H
BAE Systems, a British defense, security and aerospace company, has decided to close its ship repair business located at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The closure of the BAE Systems Hawaii Shipyard (HSY) site is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2021. It
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