Naval Technology

The planned award of a contract by the unified armed forces of Germany, Bundeswehr, for the development of five additional Type K130 corvettes to the previous contractor has been found to violate public procurement law.

Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a new cost-plus-fixed-fee deal to provide secure and reliable communications networks for US Navy forces.

The British Royal Navy's HMS Diamond Type 45 destroyer has successfully tested its Sea Viper missile system off the coast of Scotland, thereby proving its ability to defend itself and other nearby vessels from a range of threats.

The Armed Forces of Honduras is acquiring a logistics support and cargo vessel named Buque de Apoyo Logístico y Cabotaje (BAL-C) from Colombia to improve the country's maritime security capabilities in La Mosquitia and other remote areas.

The US Navy's Strategic Systems Programs has awarded a $64.68m contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company to support weapon systems integration under the common missile compartment (CMC) programme.

The Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) have commenced their 24th Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercises 2017 (SIMBEX-17).

The British Royal Navy's Sandown-class minehunter HMS Grimsby is set to undergo a full refit programme at Rosyth Royal dockyard in Scotland.

3W International (3W) supplies patented next-generation heavy-fuel (HF) engines for helicopters, unmanned fixed wings, and hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the naval industry.

Rolls-Royce has secured a new contract to deliver MT30 marine gas turbines for the next three vessels in the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy's Daegu-class frigate programme.

The SENER (Shanghai) Systems Co office has signed an agreement to authorise the use of its FORAN system by the Register of Fishing Vessels of Hebei Province (RFVHB), in China.

SAES will be participating at the SITDEF International Exhibition in Lima, Peru, from 18-21 May.

The need for optimised operational efficiency within the petrochemicals industry leads to a stronger focus on achieving the greatest value when repairing and replacing assets and equipment.

The Indian Navy has successfully conducted the test firing of the medium-range surface-to-air missile (MRSAM) from the Kolkata-class guided-missile destroyer INS Kochi.

ECA Group's unmanned mine countermeasure integrated system (UMIS) installed on-board the Kazakhstan Navy's new 10750E-class mine hunter has successfully completed its sea acceptance trials (SAT).

The German Navy's Sea King MK41 helicopter simulator has re-entered service at the country’s Nordholz Naval Airbase following a major refit.

BAP Pisco (AMP-156) is a new multi-purpose landing platform dock (LPD) being built by SIMA-Peru Marine Industrial Services for the Peruvian Navy.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has successfully completed the deployment of its Advanced Lightweight Phased Array (ALPHA) ELM-2258 radar system on the Israeli Navy's Saar 4.5 missile ship.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has redelivered the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the US Navy.

Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has signed a new contract with Germany-based ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) for the purchase of two additional Type 218SG submarines.

SENER is taking part in the 8th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC) for the first time.