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BAE Systems has secured a contract from Canada's Irving Shipbuilding to supply up to six modified 25mm Mk 38 machine gun systems for the Royal Canadian Navy's arctic offshore patrol ship (AOPS) programme.

The US Navy, Marine Corps, and the Malaysian Armed Forces have commenced the 21st annual cooperation afloat readiness and training (CARAT) 2015.

Mobile manipulation systems provider RE2 has received a contract from the Office of Naval Research to develop an underwater dexterous manipulation system for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) applications (DMEA).

(B2) Le Bataillon de Chasseurs à Cheval assurera dès septembre et pour 4 mois, la « force protection » de la mission de formation de l’armée malienne (EUTM Mali). Ce bataillon ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target acquisition and Reconnaissance), a terminé fin juillet son entraînement à Bourg-Léopold en simulant des situations semblables à celles qu’il pourrait rencontrer lors de la protection du camp d’instruction de Koulikoro ou des escortes en direction ou depuis la capitale malienne de Bamako, comme l’a expliqué le lieutenant-colonel Francis Pierard, commandant du bataillon ISTAR : « barrage routier lors d’une patrouille, civils maliens tentant d’assiéger le camp ou mystérieux véhicule suivant un convoi du bataillon ».

NB : la situation s’est tendue dans la capitale malienne, qui avait été épargnée jusqu’ici par la guerre, après différents attentats à Bamako cette année, qui ont fait plusieurs victimes dont un agent de l’UE.

Serco has secured a contract to support the US Marine Corps Reserve (MCR) psychological health outreach programme (PHOP).

Ultra Electronics and Sparton have secured subcontracts from their Erapsco / SonobuoyTech Systems joint venture to manufacture passive and active Sonobuoys in support of multiple underwater missions.

The Royal Australian Navy has launched the fleet seaworthiness strategy during the HMAS Success & Sirius Seaworthiness Board.

The UK Royal Navy's Hawker Sea Fury T20 G-RNHF (VX281) is set to be back in service in 2016 as the overhaul of the aircraft is progressing well at North Weald Airfield in Epping, Essex.

US Navy engineers are using high-speed imaging of failing lithium-ion batteries in order to design safe battery enclosures on ships.

Lockheed Martin has encapsulated the US Navy's fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-4) satellite in its protective launch vehicle prior to the scheduled launch on 31 August.

INDAL Technologies, a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company, combines a high level of engineering and manufacturing capability with expertise in the management of large and complex defence programs to produce unmatched aircraft handlin…

The UK Royal Navy's third Astute-class submarine HMS Artful has started its sea trials, marking its maiden voyage after completing construction at BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria.

Airspec design and manufacture industrial air filtering and drying equipment for sensitive and specialist equipment such as medical and dental instruments, radar, microwave equipment, satellite and cable pressurisation dehydration equipment.