Naval Technology

BAE Systems has completed a £37m upgrade of the UK Royal Marine's 'Viking' amphibious all-terrain vehicles.

The US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme has awarded contracts to two subsidiaries of BWX Technologies (BWXT) to manufacture naval nuclear reactor components and fuel.

The US Navy's Arleigh-Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) has successfully launched a Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) missile off the coast of Virginia, as part of a post-availability SM-2 (PASM) missile-firing event.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is set to lay the keel of the US Navy's newest Virginia Class attack submarine, Delaware (SSN 791), tomorrow at Newport News Shipbuilding.

French shipyard DCNS has conducted the factory acceptance test (FAT) of eight converters designed by ECA Group, to be installed on-board Indian Scorpene-class fifth and sixth submarines.

The Lürssen family has been operating Lürssen Shipyards for four generations and more than 135 years.

The US Department of Defence (DoD) has awarded an indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity, multiple award contract, worth $8bn, to 12 companies for the electromagnetic manoeuvre warfare command and control (EMC2) programme.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has announced the successful completion of endurance testing for the dual-mode manned or unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) Proteus, developed by the company's Undersea Solutions Group (USG) subsidiary and Battelle.

GE has been selected by Freire Shipyard to provide a suite of marine solutions for the Peruvian Navy's first-ever diesel electric propelled vessel.

Raytheon has received a $104m contract from the US Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) to provide operations and maintenance services for the relocatable over-the-horizon radar (ROTHR) programme.

Gowind® 2500 corvette is one of two variants in the Gowind family of multi-mission corvettes developed by DCNS Group.

Tide Class is a new fleet of four tankers being built to enhance the Royal Navy’s maritime capabilities. The first vessel in the class is due to be commissioned into the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) service in 2016.

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of the potential foreign military sale of RIM-116C and RIM-116C-2 Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM) to Qatar.

The UK Royal Navy has concluded a bi-annual war game exercise Joint Warrior in Scotland.

The US Navy's Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 have achieved a major operational milestone during Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR).

The US Marine Corps' (USMC) CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter has completed its first external lift flight.

The first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) command centre, the MQ-XX system, has been successfully installed aboard the US Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

Australia has selected French shipyard DCNS for the $39bn contract to build a new fleet of 12 submarines in Adelaide.

From meeting the need to improve fuel economy and enhance operational flexibility to preparing for the power-hungry radar, communications and energy weapons systems of the future, the US Navy has been steadily surging ahead with electrification. Dr G…

Sikorsky has been contracted by the Naval Air Systems Command to procure the long-lead parts and materials required to build and deliver the first low rate initial production Lot 1 (LRIP-1) of the US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-53K King Stallion.