Naval Technology

Raytheon Missile Systems has secured a contract modification worth $78.72m for the sustainment of the AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II tactical missiles operated by the US Air Force, US Navy and other foreign militaries.

The SENER engineering and technology group has signed a partnership agreement with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Rijeka, Croatia, and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Naval Architecture at the Unive…

Science Applications International (SAIC) has received a task order from the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Pacific to provide comprehensive cyber support and protection services to the US Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Comman…

The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Point Mugu, California, has selected LCR Embedded Systems for the supply of its new 3U VPX solution.

The Ivan Papanin (Project 23550) class is a fleet of two multipurpose patrol icebreakers being built by JSC Admiralty Shipyards for the Russian Navy.

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has presented its report on the competitive evaluation process to select a successful international partner for the country’s Future Submarine programme.

CBG Systems is pleased to announce that it has secured a contract for the manufacture and supply of Moonraker's antenna systems for the Italian Naval law programme.

Raytheon has secured a $327.14m fixed-price incentive (firm target) modification to a previously awarded contract to begin low-rate initial production of AN/SPY-6(V) air and missile defence radars (AMDRs).

US Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) sailors have developed a new use for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to maintain a visual on the sailors at sea, especially during man-overboard situations.

UK MoD negotiates £1.4bn contract for Royal Navy's sixth Astute-class submarine, and Australian Government releases RFT for $35bn Future Frigate project. Naval-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from April, 2017.

The US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme has awarded new contract options to BWX Technologies subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS).

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has officially named its first Cape-class patrol boat at a ceremony at the HMAS Stirling naval base in Western Australia.

TCG Alemdar Submarine Rescue Mother Ship (MOSHIP) entered service with the Turkish Naval Forces Command in January 2017.

Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command has signed a new contract with Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) to design four multirole corvettes for the €1.2bn Squadron 2020 project.

The UK Royal Navy's new HMS Audacious Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine (SSN) has been launched at Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, North West England.

The US Navy has christened the 16th nuclear-powered fast attack Virginia-class submarine, Indiana (SSN 789), at Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding.

Saab has chosen the Polish Nauta Shiprepair Yard based in Gdynia, Poland, to construct the ship platform for the special-purpose Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) vessel for the Royal Swedish Navy.

Global ship building company Austal has cut the steel plate for the first of 19 Patrol Boat Replacement (PPB-R) vessels for the Commonwealth of Australia, marking the start of construction for the A$306m ($229.4) PPB-R project.

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems has received a four-year contract worth $111.33m from the US Naval Sea Systems Command for work on the US Navy’s Zumwalt-Class guided missile destroyers.

General Dynamics (GD) Electric Boat has been awarded a $95.5m contract modification from the US Navy to continue development of the common missile compartment (CMC).