Naval Technology

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has secured a $23.8m contract from the US Navy for nuclear propulsion and complex modernisation work on the aircraft carrier, USS George H W Bush (CVN 77).

Salient Federal Solutions subsidiary has secured a prime contract from the space and naval warfare systems command (SPAWAR) supporting the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) to deliver training and support services in the US.

The Indian Navy’s Russian-made Sindhughosh-class submarine INS Sindhukirti is set to undergo final trials on 26 June, after completing almost a decade-long retrofit at Hindustan Shipyard (HSL) in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

The Egyptian Navy has received two fast missile craft from the US, increasing the number of its fast missile vessels to four.

General Atomics (GA) has received a contract to manufacture the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) and advanced arresting gear (AAG) for the future CVN 79 aircraft carrier.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has deployed the Royal Navy's multi-role survey vessel HMS Enterprise to help tackle the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, replacing its Albion-class assault ship HMS Bulwark.

The Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) second landing helicopter dock (LHD) ship, Nuship Adelaide, has been floated out from BAE Systems' Williamstown shipyard to undergo sea trials.

The Turkish Navy has successfully completed the modernisation of its AY-class submarines, TCG Doganay (S-351) and TCG Dolunay (S-352).

Spirit AeroSystems has delivered the third fuselage section to Sikorsky for the US Marine Corps' (USMC) CH-53K 'King Stallion' heavy-lift helicopter programme.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has conducted four successful tests of its projectiles with on-board electronics at the US Army's dugway proving ground in Utah.

Northrop Grumman has received contracts worth $74m to provide upgrade work and spares to US Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard Litening G4 targeting pods.

Since 1974, Rodman Polyships has designed and constructed Glass-Reinforced Plastic (GRP) and composite-material fast patrol boats and fast patrol vessels for naval, maritime surveillance and maritime law enforcement applications.

Blueprint Subsea is a British manufacturer of state-of-the-art acoustic sensors for oceanographic, hydrographic, and diving applications.

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Sikorsky Aircraft has delivered six CH-148 Cyclone helicopters to the Canadian Government, marking an important milestone achieved in the Canadian Forces' Maritime Helicopter Project.

Caterpillar Marine has secured an order to deliver its Cat power solutions to power 16 patrol boats to be built for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN).

The US Navy, Marine Corps and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have started the 2015 cooperation afloat readiness and training (CARAT) exercise series in Puerto Princesa, Philippines.

Raytheon has received a multi-year contract worth $153m from the US Navy to manufacture 53 AN/APY-10 maritime, littoral and overland surveillance radars for its fleet of Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft.

The US Navy's programme CVN 21 for the future generation aircraft carrier programme was previously known as the CVN(X).