Naval Technology

The US Navy has chosen shipbuilding company Metal Shark to develop near-coastal patrol vessels (NCPVs) for the US partner nations.

Austal has secured a new A$779m ($584m) contract to construct the Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS 28) for the US Navy.

Nato has launched the Dynamic Mongoose 2017 (DMON17) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise off the coast of Iceland.

The US Marine Corps' (USMC) Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 has resumed flight operations of the F-35B Lightning II short take-off / vertical landing (STOVL) variant, following a temporary suspension period due to software issues.

The US Marine Corps' (USMC) first two light-armoured vehicle anti-tank modernisation (LAV-ATM) A2 models have been integrated with the latest and advanced rocket launcher.

JSK Naval Support has completed its first manufacturing contract for Canada's Department of National Defense with the delivery of 66 battery packs.

The US Marines' rotational training and exercises currently taking place in Norway have been extended by one year to 2018, the Norwegian Defence Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide has confirmed.

The new UK CVF Royal Navy aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, are expected to enter service in 2017 and 2018 respectively. The aircraft carrier was officially christened by The Queen in July 2014.

The British Royal Navy's first Queen Elizabeth (QE) Class aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has set sail for the first time, in order to begin six weeks of sea trials in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland.

DCNS has successfully completed a qualification firing of the F21 torpedo, which is being developed to equip all nuclear submarines of the French Navy as part of the Artémis programme.

Raytheon is set to partner with Norwegian company Kongsberg Gruppen to bid for the US Navy's Over-The-Horizon weapon system (OTH-WS) programme.

Schiebel's Camcopter S-100 unmanned air system (UAS) has successfully completed qualification flight trials in the Western Mediterranean.

US-based manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems has begun assembly of the fifth system demonstration test article (SDTA) CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter at its facility in Wichita, Kansas.

The US Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded a contract modification worth $3.01bn to Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding business unit.

The Belgian Navy has acquired ten licences for SeeByte's SeeTrack software, which is to be integrated into its fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).

Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia has conducted the first steel cutting for the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) auxiliary oiler and replenishment ships (AORs), marking the beginning of the construction phase.

SAES is to provide Kazakhstan with its Diver Detection Sonar DDS-03, while an agreement has been signed to supply smart naval mines and range stations for signature measurement.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has successfully completed an operational test firing of the long-range artillery (LORA) weapon system, marking the conclusive stage of several deals involving the unit.

Gryphon Technologies has secured a new contract to offer mission integration services in support of the Sea-Based X-Band (SBX) radar, which is a component of the US ballistic missile defence system (BMDS).

UMS Skeldar has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Australian computer software company Sentient Vision System to deploy Visual identification Detection and Ranging (ViDAR) solutions on its unmanned system Skeldar V-200.