Thales Australia’s BlueSentry thin-line towed sonar array has been successfully integrated into Saildrone’s Surveyor-class uncrewed surface vehicle (USV).
The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) has completed Flight Test Other 40 (FTX-40), also known as Stellar Banshee, using Lockheed Martin’s Aegis combat system to detect, track, and perform an engagement against a live advanced hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile (MRB
The US Navy’s shipbuilding acquisition practices consistently resulted in cost growth, delivery delays, and ‘ships that do not perform as expected’, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has deployed and tested anti-submarine sensors aboard MQ-9B SeaGuardian RPA using multiple pre-production sonobuoy dispensing system (SDS) pods.
Skydweller Aero has continued autonomous maritime patrol aircraft (AMPA) flight tests of the Skydweller unmanned aerial system (UAS) with operational military payloads integrated onboard.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has completed the first test of at-sea refueling designed for use with the unmanned surface vessel (USV) Defiant.
The US Navy has achieved its final key milestone in the development of unmanned surface vessel (USV) integrated capabilities by completing a continuous 720-hour power demonstration on an engine system for use aboard future USVs.
UAE-based technology and defense company EDGE Group has signed a strategic partnership contract with the Brazilian Navy to complete the full development of the navy’s National Anti-Ship Missile (MANSUP) by the end of 2025. The contract will see EDGE Group, together with smart weapons specialist SIAT
Defence companies Babcock and HII have combined forces in Australia, working together to support critical capability requirements for the once-in-a-generation AUKUS nuclear submarine program.
UK defence company Babcock International has entered into a strategic agreement with US shipbuilding company HII to collaborate on naval and civil nuclear decommissioning and construction opportunities in the UK and the US.
Elbit Systems of America (Elbit America) has been awarded a prime contract by the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific) to develop and demonstrate an autonomous maritime target tracking capability as part of the US Navy’s Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP).
EDGE Group, UAE-based technology and defence company, has signed a joint development agreement with the Brazilian Navy to pursue co-creation and business opportunities for a long-range anti-ship missile and a supersonic missile that exceed current market performance. The partners agreed to bring the
Northrop Grumman Corporation is partnering with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Crescent Systems, and Long Wave Inc. to develop a solution for the US Navy’s E-XX TACAMO requirement.
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, has completed the systems requirements review – prototype (SRR-P) for the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI), marking an important milestone in the US hypersonic missile defence program.
