Industry
HII gets $175M US Navy support contract
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Technical Solutions division has received a contract to provide maintenance, training and planning support for US Navy aircraft carriers.
BAE Systems gets £230 million contract to upgrade Royal Navy torpedoes
BAE Systems has received a £230 million (about $315 million) contract from the Royal Navy to upgrade Spearfish and Sting Ray torpedoes.
Navantia wins US Navy maintenance contract in Rota
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has been selected as a preferred bidder to provide repair and maintenance services for the US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (DDGs) and other navy ships deployed at the Naval Station Rota in Spain.
Navantia to build OPV for Moroccan Navy
Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Navantia has received a contract from the Royal Moroccan Navy to design and build an offshore patrol vessel (OPV).
WilNor acquires former Royal Norwegian Navy base
WilNor Governmental Services AS (WGS), through its subsidiary company WGS Properties AS, has acquired 66% of the shares in the Olavsvern Group AS.
Halter Marine prepares to build US polar security cutter
The US Coast Guard’s new polar security cutter (PSC) is rapidly progressing through the detailed design phase, and shipbuilder Halter Marine is actively preparing for its construction.
Hensoldt, Nedinsco to jointly produce assemblies for submarine periscopes
Germany’s optical and optronic devices manufacturer Hensoldt Optronics and Dutch optomechatronics company Nedinsco have signed a letter of intent to start production of complex assemblies for submarine periscopes.
BAE Systems wins $197 million deal for USS Wasp modernization
BAE Systems has received a $197.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to drydock and perform maintenance and modernization work aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). This is the second time in four years that the company has performed significant work onboard the Wasp to sustain its w
UK, France partner up on developing autonomous minehunting systems
Autonomous minehunters will be introduced to the RoyalNavy after the UK and France signed a £184m contract to enhance minehunting operations around the world.
Bath Iron Works secures $146M planning yard option from US Navy
The US Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, part of General Dynamics, a $146 million option to continue to manage ongoing post-delivery modernization activities for Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyers.
US intercepts ICBM target with destroyer-launched SM-3 Block IIA missile
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and US Navy successfully intercepted and destroyed a threat-representative Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile during a flight test demonstration in the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii, November
Damen, Thales seal €1.5B MKS 180 deal
Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding and Thales have signed a €1.5 billion ($1.78 billion) contract for the delivery and full integration of Thales’ mission and combat system for the four MKS 180 class frigates contracted by the German Navy.
South Korea launches 2nd KSS-III submarine
South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has launched the Republic of Korea Navy’s second 3000-ton KSS-III submarine.
General Dynamics secures ISS contract for Royal Canadian Navy’s Halifax-class combat systems
The Government of Canada has awarded a contract to General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada for in-service support on Royal Canadian Navy’s six Halifax-class combat systems (HCCS).