Naval Technology

QinetiQ North America (QNA) has received a $16m contract to engineer control hardware and software for the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS), and the advanced arresting gear (AAG).

The US Navy has been successfully testing the advanced airborne sensor (AAS), on P-8A Poseidon aircraft.

North Korea has claimed to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, which if confirmed will bolster the country's nuclear strike capabilities.

Egypt to buy French helicopter carriers for $1bn, Australia allocates $65bn for naval shipbuilding projects while India approves naval projects worth around $16bn. Naval-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from 2015.

Raytheon has secured a contract extension of $255m to engineer the mission system equipment for the US Navy's third Zumwalt-class (DDG 1000) guided-missile destroyer, the USS Lyndon B Johnson (DDG-1002).

UK, Leeds-based Union Industries has been awarded a contract by BAE Systems to support its submarine facility in Barrow.

China has reportedly landed its first civilian flight on the runway of one of its newly constructed islands on the Fiery Cross Reef in Spratly Islands, South China Sea.

The Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) HMAS Darwin has carried out a passage exercise with the Chinese People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Escort Task Group 152 off the coast of Queensland.

The Indian Navy is reportedly planning to buy 12 Utility Seaplane Mark 2 (US-2i) amphibious aircraft from Japan-based ShinMaywa Industries.

Noske-Kaeser have supplied more than 200 submarines worldwide for more than 50 years.

Cobham Sliprings is at the forefront of electrical slipring (slipring assortment or SRA) development and production, enabling electrical bonding (electrical slipring) across rotating and stationary components in the naval industry.

Damen Interceptor 1503 (DI 1503) is an ultra-high-speed vessel developed by Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group.

The US Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 have conducted their first mission in the fight against ISIS.

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the Phase III contract of the tactically exploited reconnaissance node (TERN) programme to a team led by the Northrop Grumman Corporation.

China has reportedly confirmed the construction of its 50,000t second aircraft carrier, which is in addition to the existing refurbished ex-Ukrainian aircraft carrier, the Liaoning.

Russia has entered into an agreement to deliver 46 Kamov Ka-52K, a navalised derivative of the Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopter, to the Egyptian Navy.

The Indian Navy has successfully test-fired Barak-8, a newly developed long-range surface-to-air missile (LRSAM) from Kolkata-class guided-missile destroyer INS Kolkata.

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Saab has secured a contract from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) to provide overhaul and modification services for the Swedish Navy's two Stockholm-class corvettes.

BAE Systems has received a $82m contract from the Brazilian Marine Corps to supply assault amphibious vehicles (AAV7A1).