Industry
UK’s Type 45 destroyers to undergo £500M upgrade
The Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers will receive a £500 million upgrade to enhance their firepower capability, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) said.
Germany, Norway seal deal for six Type 212CD submarines
The procurement organizations of Germany and Norway have signed a contract with thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) for the construction of six Type 212CD (common design) class submarines.
Royal Navy, University of Plymouth to jointly study marine autonomy
The Royal Navy and the University of Plymouth have joined forces to conduct research and advance understanding around the future potential of marine autonomy.
ESG partners up with Bayou Metal Supply on OPC program
On 24 June, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Louisiana’s Bayou Metal Supply to provide material and labor in support of the production of the United States Coast Guard offshore patrol cutter (OPC) program.
German Navy gets funding for new vessels
The German federal parliament (Bundestag) has allocated billions of euros for the modernization of the German Navy.
Austal wins preliminary design contract for US Navy’s light amphibious warship
Shipbuilder Austal USA has been awarded a concept studies and preliminary design contract by the United States Navy (USN) for the light amphibious warship (LAW) program.
Boeing teams up with ESG, Lufthansa preparing for P8-A order
Boeing signed agreements today with ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH and Lufthansa Technik that outline joint efforts to explore potential areas of collaboration in systems integration, training, support and sustainment work. As informed, the signed memorandum of understanding may lead to mor
DSTA, Naval Group team up on additive manufacturing for naval sector
Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), France’s Naval Group and its Singapore subsidiary Naval Group Far East, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly explore new technologies such as additive manufacturing for naval applications.
Fincantieri to build 6 FREMM frigates for Indonesian Navy
Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri and the Ministry of Defense of Indonesia have signed a contract for the supply of six FREMM-class frigates.
Fincantieri, DSME team up on design of Korea’s new aircraft carriers
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has signed a contract with South Korean counterpart Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to support the conceptual design of the new class of aircraft carriers “CVX” for the Navy of the Republic of Korea.
Fincantieri launches Qatar’s 2nd new OPV
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has launched Sheraouh (Q62), the second offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ordered by the Qatari Ministry of Defence.
UK launches tender for 3 new Fleet Solid Support ships
On 21 May, UK’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace launched a competition to build three new Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships to provide vital support to Royal Navy operations across the world.
Type 31 frigate programme completes whole ship critical design review
Babcock Team 31 has successfully completed its whole ship critical design review (WSCDR) which is a key indicator of the compliance, maturity and engineering risk in proceeding into production as it matures the 3D CAD model.
Rheinmetall delivers 300th MASS naval countermeasures system
Rheinmetall delivered the 300th MASS Multi Ammunition Softkill System, a naval countermeasures system.