Naval Technology

The engineering and technology group SENER ended 2014 with a turnover of 1,315.7 billion Euros; an increase of 8.02% over the previous year.

The construction of the UK Royal Navy’s second of three offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), HMS Medway, took further step forward with the steel cutting ceremony in BAE Systems (BAES) shipyards in Glasgow.

The US Navy has awarded a $24.2m contract to Lockheed Martin for the production of enhanced laser guided training rounds (ELGTR), an alternative to laser-guided bombs (LGB) during training.

The Government of Australia has established the Expert Advisory Panel to oversee the competitive evaluation process for the country's future submarine programme.

US and the South Korean navies have commenced a five-day joint anti-submarine exercise near the vicinity of Guam.

Russia and Egypt have commenced their first joint naval exercise off the Mediterranean Egyptian port of Alexandria, as part of efforts to strengthen military co-operation between the countries.

Huntington Ingalls Industries has secured a $3.35bn contract to design and construct the second Gerald R Ford class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier John F Kennedy (CVN 79).

The Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI), Japan Ministry of Defense (MOD) and US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have successfully completed the first flight of a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA.

The UK Royal Navy flagship HMS Bulwark has conducted five migrant rescue missions, rescuing more than 1,000 from the Mediterranean Sea.

OceanServer Technology has received orders for six new Iver autonomous underwater vehicle (AUVs) from three different customers.

Babcock has completed a refit of the UK Royal Navy's ocean survey vessel, HMS Scott, under the HMS Scott through life support (TLS) contract.

The long range anti-ship missile (LRASM) for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has completed store separation testing in the 16F transonic wind tunnel (16T) at the Arnold engineering development complex (AEDC) in Tennessee.

The 43rd edition of the multinational maritime exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2015 has started in the Baltic Sea, involving seventeen Nato and partner nations.

General Dynamics' (GD) subsidiary Electric Boat has received a $6.5m contract from the US Navy to develop the Virginia Payload Module (VPM).

Dassault Aviation developed the Falcon 2000 multi-role maritime reconnaissance aircraft (MRA) based on the Falcon 2000 LXS business jet, to meet the operational needs of naval and coastguard forces.

The US Navy has accepted the third Lockheed Martin mobile user objective system (MUOS) satellite, following the completion of on-orbit testing.

The Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) combat logistics vessel, HMAS Success, has returned from the Middle East after successfully completing an Operation Manitou mission.

The Royal Canadian Navy's Halifax-class frigate HMCS Winnipeg is set to join Nato forces in the Mediterranean Sea, as part of Operation Reassurance.

Raytheon has received a $149m contract from the US Navy for 74 Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) all-up rounds, spares, containers, and services.

IBR Sistemi was established in 1998 as a software house specialising in virtual reality in the marine simulation sector.