Naval Technology

Russian company United Engine Corporation (UEC) has designed a comprehensive after-sales technical support programme for the Indian Navy's RD-33MK fighter engines.

A team of four Task Force Southwest marines has tested the capabilities of a new small unmanned aerial system (UAS) at US Marine Corps' base camp in Lejeune, North Carolina.

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has held a steel cutting ceremony for the Italian Navy's multipurpose offshore patrol ship (PPA) to mark the start of construction works on the unit.

IDEX / NAVDEX 2017 will take place in the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre 19 - 23 February.

The US Navy's Independence-class littoral combat vessel USS Coronado (LCS 4) has successfully completed a seven-day voyage repair availability period in Singapore.

BAE Systems has officially named its new floating dry dock at its San Diego shipyard in the US, as part of a wider effort to enhance its naval ship repair capabilities.

The US Navy's George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG) has commenced strike missions in Iraq and Syria in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR).

Hingol-Class maritime patrol vessels (MPVs) are a class of four ships being built by a partnership between China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) for the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA).

The Australian, New Zealand and Canadian navies have collaborated on a number of anti-submarine warfare exercises conducted off the east coast of New Zealand.

The US Navy's Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) has successfully completed the testing of its new HeliCom Matrix communications system, which was developed to compensate for helium-influenced speech during saturation dives.

The European Defence Agency (EDA) has successfully completed its corrosion control for navy ships (CCNS) programme to test and identify solutions to help mitigate surface deterioration.

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc has won a year-long contract to procure long-lead items and components for 27 Lot 15 AH-1Z production aircraft for use by the US Marine Corps.

The US Navy is set to christen its latest Independence-variant littoral combat ship, USS Tulsa (LCS 16) on 11 February in Mobile, Alabama.

Naval personnel from Europe, the US, East Africa and West Indian Ocean nations, as well as various international organisations, have successfully completed the annual multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express 2017 (CE17).

General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded the Commander Navy Installations Command (CNIC) N6 Information Technology (IT) Support contract by the US Navy.

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The French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier has entered drydock in Toulon, France, to undergo a major refit and modernisation programme.

US-based company Mikros Systems (MKRS) has been awarded a small business innovation research (SBIR) Phase III contract by the US Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) to supply and support of its adaptive diagnostic electronic portable test-set (ADEPT)…

US-based electronics manufacturer RE2 Robotics has secured a Phase II small business innovation research (SBIR) award for the development of an inflatable underwater dual manipulator system.

Gresham Power Electronics has announced it is adding a number of new models to its range of encapsulated convection cooled power supplies.