Naval Technology

In this issue: Autonomous systems for frontline resupply, electric hub-drive technology for armoured vehicles, the F-35’s arrival in Europe, how to turn an air force base into a ‘smart base’, the future of littoral warfare and more.

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has awarded a new four-year contract to Cubic Defence Australia for the development and provision of local and distributed simulation-enabled training events.

Atlas Elektronik has secured a £48m contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to construct and deliver up to 38 workboats for the British Royal Navy.

The Egyptian Navy has officially received the second of four Howaldtswerke-Deutche Werft (HDW) 209/1400mod-class submarines from Germany.

In 2007, 3W International began to research and develop its first heavy fuel engines. Several developments were made and tested until the R&D department decided on the final engine design.

With more than 30 years of experience in developing, manufacturing and testing 2-stroke engines, 3W has designed and patented the newest generation of gas engines for the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry.

An Iranian QOM-1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has made an unsafe and unprofessional interaction with the US Navy fighter jet F/A-18E Super Hornet, the US Central Command (Centcom) officials confirmed.

The Government of Canada has awarded a new contract to Marine Recycling for the disposal of two Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) vessels.

The steel for the British Royal Navy's Type 26 frigate was cut on the River Clyde, MBDA completed the first firing of its Sea Venom / Anti-Navire Léger (ANL) anti-ship missile and USMC's CH-53K aircraft completes its first extended cross-country flig…

Pentagon Defense Press Operations director navy captain Jeff Davis has announced that the US Marine Corps' (USMC) MV-22 Osprey aircraft has crashed in waters off the eastern coast of Australia with 26 personnel on-board.

The US Navy has awarded a new $26.5m contract to Lockheed Martin for the production of enhanced laser guided training rounds (ELGTR), which can be used as an alternative to operational laser-guided bombs (LGB) during training.

The US Navy has successfully carried out the second in a series of ballistic missile defence (BMD) flight tests with Raytheon's AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defence Radar (AMDR) off the west coast of Hawaii.

The British Royal Navy's first Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, is set to enter its new homeport in Portsmouth in approximately two weeks.

The US Marine Corps (USMC) has conducted the first flight of a VH-92A-configured test aircraft in support of its VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Programme at Lockheed Martin facilities in Owego, New York.

The US Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) has set sail to perform fleet replacement squadron (FRS) carrier qualifications (CQ) off the coast of Southern California.

Five of the US Navy's coastal patrol ships have successfully conducted the test firing of their MK 60 Griffin missile systems (GMS) in the Arabian Gulf.

Joint venture partners (JV), SENER and Babcock, have presented the fourth upgraded Agusta Bell 212 (AB212) to the Spanish Ministry of Defense.

Lockheed Martin Global Inc has secured a contract modification worth $158.5m to upgrade the Phase 2 mission systems on eight German P-3C aircraft under a foreign military sales programme.

The US Navy's George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG) has begun its participation in Exercise Saxon Warrior 2017.

Sri Lanka President and Armed Forces commander-in-chief Maithripala Sirisena has commissioned the new largest advanced offshore patrol vessel (AOPV) known as SLNS Sayurala.