Naval Technology

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s (RBDF) corvette HMBS Nassau (P-61) is set to undergo lifetime extension repair work at Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam in the Netherlands.

The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has awarded a contract to QinetiQ to deliver Phase three of a multinational demonstration of unmanned and autonomous systems, as part of the UK Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior exercise.

North America is expected to have the biggest share of 36.1% in the global military simulation and virtual training market between 2016 and 2026, says a report by Strategic Defence Intelligence.

US Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has announced that the newest Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, DDG 122, will be christened as John Basilone.

The US Navy has conducted live firing from Raytheon-built SeaRAM anti-ship defence system, which is installed on-board the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG-64) stationed in Rota, Spain.

Cambridge Pixel has been chosen to provide radar display and target tracking modules for the UK Royal Navy’s £44m new Naval Radar Programme.

The US Navy's Nimitz-class supercarrier USS George H W Bush (CVN 77) is undergoing flight deck certifications in preparation for a 2017 deployment.

The US Fleet Forces (USFF) and the US Marine Corps Forces Command (MARFORCOM) have started a synthetic, scenario-based simulation exercise, Bold Alligator 2016 (BA16), in Norfolk, US.

The UK Royal Navy has deployed its Duke-class Type 23 frigate HMS Portland to support maritime crime fighting operations in the Middle East.

RQ-20B is a block 2 upgrade of the Pointer Upgraded Mission Ability-All Environment (Puma AE) small unmanned aircraft system (UAS), designed and built by AeroVironment.

US Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) has partnered with Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research in Northern Germany on the Allied Munitions Detection Underwater (ALMOND) pro…

Lockheed Martin will equip US, Japanese and South Korean destroyers with Aegis ballistic missile defense systems, under a $490m contract.

The US Navy's littoral combat ship (LCS) programme has completed blast and fire testing of a full-scale structural assembly at the US Army Aberdeen Test Centre.

The US Marine Corps (USMC) has started repair work on its CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift helicopters to fix system issues.

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division has successfully tested the precision aircraft landing system (PALS) aboard the US Navy's first Ford-class aircraft carrier, Gerald R Ford (CVN 78).

Alion Science and Technology Corporation has secured a five-year contract, valued at $145m, from the Naval Sea Systems Command to provide support services for the US Navy’s DDG 51 Shipbuilding programme.

Evolva has collaborated with the US Navy’s NAVAIR research facility, China Lake, California, to develop a new class of structural composite materials developed from a polymer resin matrix derived from Evolva’s resveratrol.

The US Navy has reportedly contracted UK steel firm Sheffield Forgemasters to manufacture components for the next-generation nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN(X)), also known as the Ohio replacement programme.

Australian submarine builder and maintainer ASC has upgraded its virtual shipyard system from the existing Dassault Systèmes ENOVIA application to the next-generation 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

The navies of the US and the UK have successfully conducted the quarterly mine countermeasures (MCM) exercise Squadex-16 in the Arabian Gulf.