Naval Technology

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has negotiated a £1.4bn contract for the delivery of the Royal Navy's new Agamemnon Astute-class submarine, which will be deployed to protect the country's new aircraft carriers and nuclear deterrent.

Technical service provider VSE has been awarded several delivery orders during the first quarter of this year, totalling an estimated $91.1m.

The Australian Defence Industry has signed a contract with Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems for the design and delivery of new and advanced maritime training systems.

Hagenuk Marinekommunikation (HMK), a subsidiary of Atlas Elektronik GmbH (Germany), is a well-known supplier of internal and external communication systems for naval and ground-to-air applications, with radios operating in the frequency range of very…

In May, Stäubli is to present its extensive range of connection solutions for alternative fuels at ACT EXPO in Long Beach, California, US.

The US Navy has successfully conducted the first in a series of ballistic missile defence flight tests for the AN / SPY-6(V) air and missile defence radar (AMDR).

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been contracted to deliver its Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFT) battery system for the semi-autonomous hydrographic reconnaissance vehicle (SAHRV).

The US Navy's first Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), has returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, after successfully completing builder's sea trials.

The US Navy has laid the keel for its future littoral combat ship (LCS 20) USS Cincinnati at Austal USA's shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, marking the beginning of vessel's construction.

The US Navy has received its USS Providence (SSN 719) Los Angeles-class submarine from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, following the completion of a major maintenance availability programme.

The Royal Australian Navy's S-70B-2 (Skeletor) anti-submarine Seahawk helicopter has been retired, after completing more than 28 years of service and logging 6,200 airframe hours.

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Boeing has received a contract worth $2.2bn to produce and deliver a minimum of 17 P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, including 11 for the US Navy, four for the Royal Australian Air Force, and two for the UK.

iX Cameras of Woburn, Massachusetts, US, and Rochford, UK, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed imaging cameras, announces recent sales success in China.

The US Marine Corps' (USMC) CH-53K King Stallion programme has successfully passed its Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) review and attained a Milestone C decision.

Raytheon Anschütz has successfully completed the integration of a warship electronic chart display information system (WECDIS) into the British Royal Navy's Type 26 global combat ships (GCS) programme.

The US Navy has temporarily grounded all of its T-45C training jet aircraft for three days due to concerns raised by pilots about contamination in the cockpit.

The US Navy's USS America (LHA 6) America-class amphibious assault ship has completed total ship survivability tests (TSST) off the coast of California.

Textron Systems Unmanned Systems has received a new contract to deliver fourth-generation common unmanned surface vessels (CUSVs) for the US Navy's unmanned influence sweep system (UISS) programme.