Naval Technology

Shipbuilder VT Halter has delivered the Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship, USNS Maury (T-AGS 66), to the US Navy.

The French Navy has contracted Honeywell Aerospace to provide support services to its fleet of Dassault Falcon Guardian surveillance aircraft based in Tahiti.

The UK Royal Navy's Duke-class Type 23 frigate HMS St Albans has concluded a joint maritime security operation with the Royal Saudi Navy to ensure freedom of navigation in the Gulf.

Associated Aircraft Manufacturing and Sales (AAMSI) has been selected by Lockheed Martin to serve as the authorised P-3 Orion support provider.

The Spanish Navy’s Mistral (S-73) submarine and Santa María (F-81) frigate have set sail towards Sicily, Italy, to join Nato’s anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise, Dynamic Manta 16, in the Ionian Sea.

The Mexican Navy (Secretaria de Marina) ordered a total of ten Ténochtitlan-class patrol vessels, as of January 2016. The vessels are based on Damen Shipyards Group’s Stan Patrol 4207 design.

While the use of sea mines has declined steeply since the two world wars, it would be wrong to consign them to the history books just yet. With murmurs of significant arsenals held by China and Russia, as well as rumours of ‘nuclear-armed’ mines in d…

The US Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) is developing a virtual cyber test bed, USS Secure, in collaboration with three navy system commands, cyber defence leaders, and experts from coast-to-coast.

The US Navy's Seventh Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) is set to undergo sea trials following completion of the selective restricted availability (SRA).

The US Navy's Northrop Grumman-built MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed its operational assessment (OA), at the NAS Patuxent River in Maryland, US, paving way for a crucial Milestone C decision.

The US Navy is reportedly considering options to install an electromagnetic railgun on its third Zumwalt-class ship, Lyndon B Johnson (DDG-1002) currently being constructed at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW).

The navies of the US and Ghana have completed the Africa Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) operations in West Africa.

Officers belonging to the navies of Belgium, Netherlands, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Latvia and Poland visited SAES facilities.

The engineering and technology group SENER led the construction consortium on a turnkey project for YPFB, and participated in the inauguration ceremony, presided over by Evo Morales, president of the plurinational state of Bolivia.

The MOD operates a diverse range of ships and submarines worldwide, from nuclear-powered submarines carrying the UK's strategic deterrent, to aircraft carriers, frigates, destroyers, minehunters, fleet auxiliaries, patrol craft and small boats for op…

Tarlac Class strategic sealift vessels (SSVs) are two identical landing platform ships under construction at PT PAL Indonesia shipyard in Surabaya for the Philippine Navy.

The US Navy and Raytheon have conducted an operational test of the new precision-guided C-1 gliding joint standoff weapon (JSOW) to display its capabilities against a broad set of land targets.

Thales has won a contract from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and in Source Support (BAAINBw) to upgrade the German Navy's tactical and procedural trainer (TVTM) at the naval training centre (MOS) in Bremerhaven.

The UK Royal Navy has assigned a decommissioned Lynx helicopter of the Fleet Arm to HMS Raleigh to support the first-aid training conducted at the facility.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard has launched the US Navy's future San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, USS Portland (LPD 27).