Naval Technology

The US Navy and Raytheon have successfully conducted a flight test, demonstrating the new capabilities for the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile.

Australia has announced plans to invest A$89bn ($65.5bn) on frigates and submarines over the next 20 years, in a bid to strengthen the domestic naval shipbuilding industry and national security.

DynCorp International (DI) has secured a $104.1m contract modification to continue offering aviation maintenance and logistic support at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Patuxent River, Maryland, US.

General Electric (GE) Marine has received a contract to deliver its electrical power and propulsion to the next-generation Type 26 Global Combat Ships (GCS) of the UK Royal Navy.

Austal USA shipyard has authenticated the keel of the US Navy's new Spearhead-class joint high-speed vessel (JHSV), the future USNS Carson City.

Harris Corporation has secured an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract worth $228m to support the US Navy's maritime mine countermeasures (MCM) efforts.

The US Marine Corps Systems Command has awarded a contract to robotic technology-based solutions provider iRobot to deliver 75 small unmanned ground vehicles (SUGV).

The UK Royal Navy's Type 45 Daring-class air-defence destroyer HMS Defender has successfully completed six-week pre-deployment operational sea training (OST).

Four US Marines and one sailor were killed during a suspected terrorist shooting at the US Navy's Operational Support Center (NOSC) in Chattanooga, UK to increase MoD budget and meet Nato's defence spending target of 2% and Fincantieri and Finmeccani…

Northrop Grumman's multifunction advanced data link (MADL) waveform has been validated as combat-ready after the US Marine Corps (USMC) achieved initial operational capability with F-35B Lightning II aircraft joint strike fighter (JSF).

The US Navy has commenced the 21st annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 2015, strengthening military cooperation between the two countries.

Along with US Navy and Missile Defence Agency's Aegis Combat System, Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a series of tests of the combat system's air warfare (AW) and ballistic missile defence (BMD) capabilities.

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has tested a Raytheon-built modified Standard Missile-6, demonstrating its anti-ballistic missile defence capability.

Damen has launched RoRo 5612 for the Royal Bahamas Defence Force at its Halong Shipyard in Vietnam.

The US Navy has conducted engineering development tests of modified Longbow Hellfire missiles developed for use on littoral combat ships (LCS).

The US Marine Corps' F-35B Lightning II aircraft joint strike fighter (JSF) has reached initial operational capability, after completing a five-day operational readiness inspection (ORI).

The US Marine Corps' (USMC) Boeing-built CH-46 Sea Knight medium-lift assault helicopter has retired from service after completing its last flight, conducted by Reserve Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 774.

Unmanned aircraft systems manufacturer Insitu has secured a contract to build six RQ-21A Blackjack systems for the US Navy and Marine Corps.

Brisbane-based Ferra Engineering has secured a contract from Northrop Grumman to support the construction of US Navy's MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS).

The 11,000t section of the UK Royal Navy's second Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, has reportedly been moved out of its dock hall at BAE Systems Govan shipyard.