Naval Technology

FFX-II, an improved variant of Incheon-class (FFX-I) frigates, is intended to replace the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy’s ageing fleet of corvettes and frigates.

The US Navy’s first Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Flight IIA restart destroyer, the USS John Finn (DDG 113), has successfully completed the initial builder's sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico.

MBDA has signed a contract to deliver a new coastal missile system for the Qatari Emiri Naval Forces (QENF).

The UK Royal Navy’s first River-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), HMS Forth, was lowered into the water for the first time.

Thales will play an important role in a major UK Royal Navy exercise to be held in October to understand how unmanned systems could offer innovative operational capabilities in a military maritime environment.

Two gangways developed to meet the requirements of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers have arrived at Portsmouth Naval Base.

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The Commonwealth of Australia and Navantia have signed an agreement for the Risk Reduction and Design Study (RRDS) Phase for the SEA 5000 Future Frigate Programme.

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Cubic Global Defense has secured a five-year contract, worth approximately $80m, from the US Navy to provide operations and maintenance support for the F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft training simulators.

The UK Royal Navy’s Bay-class auxiliary landing ship dock, RFA Mounts Bay, has assisted a Danish-led maritime operation to remove the last chemical resources stored in Libya.

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has conducted first-of-class flight trials of the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle aboard the Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate, HMAS Newcastle.

Indonesia’s defence expenditure is anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 11.13% during 2016-2021, to reach $11.94bn by 2021, according to a report by Strategic Defence Intelligence (SDI).

Raytheon and the US Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) - Division Newport have successfully upgraded the US Navy’s AN/AQS-20A mine-hunting sonar to better identify and classify mines.

The US Navy’s Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS-4) is returning to Pearl Harbor after encountering an 'engineering casualty' during an independent deployment to the Western Pacific.

Cubic Global Defense has been contracted by the US Naval Air Warfare Centre (NAWC) to support aviation training for the US Navy and the US Marine Corps (USMC).

The Katanpää Class mine countermeasure vessels (MVMVs) are built by the Italian shipyard, Intermarine, for the Finnish Navy.

Raytheon has been contracted to supply anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon MK 54 lightweight torpedo common parts kits to the US Navy and Thailand.

Navantia has signed an agreement with the Commonwealth of Australia for the risk reduction and design study (RRDS) phase of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) SEA 5000 Future Frigate programme.

Skylark C autonomous mini unmanned aircraft system (UAS) was unveiled in August 2016. It is the latest variant of the Skylark family of UAS and is developed by Elbit Systems, an Israeli-based provider of defence and electronics-related products.