Naval Technology

Cape Class Patrol Boats (CCPBs) were built by Australian ship builder Austal for the Australian Border Force (previously known as Australian Customs and Border Protection Service).

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has christened the US Navy's first unmanned surface vehicle Sea Hunter, built as part of the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) continuous trail unmanned vessel (ACTUV) programme.

The US Navy has awarded a contract modification to BAE Systems to provide more than 300 canisters for the Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS).

Tenmat's priority is delivering customer service to the highest standards. This is demonstrated by the significant FEROFORM and RAILKO base tube stocks held at strategic worldwide locations.

Sonar (SOund, NAvigation and Ranging) is a technique that uses sound waves to detect and locate objects underwater.

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has launched South Korea's seventh class-214 KSS-II submarine, Hong Beom-do, at its Special and Naval Shipbuilding Division in Ulsan, South Korea.

OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) has been selected to deliver its advanced tactical dived navigation system (TDNS) to an undisclosed Asian navy new build submarine programme.

Seastema, the Marine Automation provider of the Fincantieri Group, was chosen for the delivery of an advanced Dynamic Positioning System for two military patrol vessels built for the Italian Coast Guard at Fincantieri's Castellammare di Stabia (Naple…

Cubic Global Defense (CGD) has announced the successful operational assessment of its wide band line of sight (WBLOS) data link system, incorporated into Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C Fire Scout.

The US and the Philippines' armed forces have commenced the 32nd Exercise Balikatan in the Philippines.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully completed an aircraft arrestment made with advanced arresting gear (AAG).

The US Navy has awarded General Dynamics (GD) a contract modification worth $644m to plan the construction of Arleigh Burke-class destroyer DDG 124.

The Philippine Navy has placed an order worth more than €100m with Finmeccanica to procure two AgustaWestland AW159 helicopters.

The International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) 2016 has commenced in the Middle East to demonstrate collaborative defence efforts in mine detection and clearance missions.

The US has agreed the $3.2bn sale of P-8A patrol aircraft to the UK, Lockheed starts Aegis testing on Australian Navy’s first AWD Hobart and the UK Government announces £642m investment for Successor submarine programme. Naval-technology.com wraps up…

The US Navy has conducted the launch of the AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) aboard an F-35C Lightning II aircraft over the Atlantic Test Ranges, Patuxent River, Maryland.

Cohort's subsidiary SEA has been contracted by BAE Systems to provide its External Communications System for the second stage of the common external communications system (cECS) for the UK Royal Navy.

The Lockheed Martin-led industry team has been awarded a contract by the US Navy for one fully funded Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS 25).

The US Navy has awarded a $618m contract modification to Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division to support construction of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile destroyer DDG 123.

The US Navy has deployed the first fixed-wing aircraft variant of the advanced precision kill weapons system (APKWS) to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 233, operating the AV-8B Harrier in theatre.