Naval Technology

Naval personnel from Europe, the US, East Africa and West Indian Ocean nations, as well as various international organisations, have successfully completed the annual multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express 2017 (CE17).

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc has won a year-long contract to procure long-lead items and components for 27 Lot 15 AH-1Z production aircraft for use by the US Marine Corps.

General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded the Commander Navy Installations Command (CNIC) N6 Information Technology (IT) Support contract by the US Navy.

The US Navy is set to christen its latest Independence-variant littoral combat ship, USS Tulsa (LCS 16) on 11 February in Mobile, Alabama.

In this issue: New capabilities in air-to-air refuelling, a look at NATO’s new comms system, trends in protected mobility for armoured vehicles, the world’s first explosives sniffer drone, the future of UAVs in maritime ISR, closing capability gaps i…

US-based electronics manufacturer RE2 Robotics has secured a Phase II small business innovation research (SBIR) award for the development of an inflatable underwater dual manipulator system.

The French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier has entered drydock in Toulon, France, to undergo a major refit and modernisation programme.

US-based company Mikros Systems (MKRS) has been awarded a small business innovation research (SBIR) Phase III contract by the US Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) to supply and support of its adaptive diagnostic electronic portable test-set (ADEPT)…

Gresham Power Electronics has announced it is adding a number of new models to its range of encapsulated convection cooled power supplies.

Canada's Department of National Defence (DND) has awarded a $55.45m contract to Pomerleau for the demolition of the B Jetty at Her Majesty's (HM) Canadian Dockyard Esquimalt.

The US Navy's newest Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport (EPF) USNS Yuma (T-EPF 8) has successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico.

The US Navy has taken delivery of its new Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) from General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine.

UNPAV (Unità Navale Polivalente Alta Velocità) is a class of two high-speed multipurpose patrol vessels designed and being built by Intermarine (Immsi Group), for the Italian Navy’s Special Forces unit Gruppo Operativo Incursori (GOI).

The Royal Australian Navy has awarded a contract to Schiebel to deliver the Camcopter S-100 unmanned aerial system (UAS).

Netherlands-based shipyard Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) has delivered the first SIGMA 10514 Perusak Kawal Rudal (PKR) guided-missile frigate to the Indonesian Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The Skeldar V-200 has served as an essential maritime asset in the EU NAVFOR mission against piracy and armed robbery off the Horn of Africa and in the Western Indian Ocean. Claire Apthorp speaks to manufacturer UMS Skeldar about the growing importan…

Norway is to partner with Germany for the common purchase and lifetime management of new submarines.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced the reaching of a £4m investment milestone in the construction of a new submarine training school at its naval base HMNB Clyde, Scotland.

The US Navy has decommissioned its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) at the vessel’s hangar bay.

The US Navy and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have successfully completed the first ballistic missile intercept flight test of a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA.