Naval Technology

The US Navy’s Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) has set sail towards its homeport in San Diego, California, following the completion of repairs to its propulsion systems at Changi Naval Base in Singapore.

Raytheon has been contracted to manufacture Norwegian-developed naval strike missile (NSM) launchers at its production facility in Louisville, Kentucky, US.

Construction work on the new navigation light towers in Portsmouth harbour for the UK Royal Navy’s two Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers is set to be completed soon.

The US Navy has christened its new expeditionary fast transport vessel as USNS Yuma (EPF 8), at Austal’s Mobile, Alabama shipyard.

The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has awarded a contract to QinetiQ to deliver Phase three of a multinational demonstration of unmanned and autonomous systems, as part of the UK Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior exercise.

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s (RBDF) corvette HMBS Nassau (P-61) is set to undergo lifetime extension repair work at Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam in the Netherlands.

North America is expected to have the biggest share of 36.1% in the global military simulation and virtual training market between 2016 and 2026, says a report by Strategic Defence Intelligence.

The US Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded a $490.64m contract modification to Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training in support of Aegis Weapon System MK-7.

US Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has announced that the newest Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, DDG 122, will be christened as John Basilone.

The US Navy has conducted live firing from Raytheon-built SeaRAM anti-ship defence system, which is installed on-board the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG-64) stationed in Rota, Spain.

Cambridge Pixel has been chosen to provide radar display and target tracking modules for the UK Royal Navy’s £44m new Naval Radar Programme.

The US Navy's Nimitz-class supercarrier USS George H W Bush (CVN 77) is undergoing flight deck certifications in preparation for a 2017 deployment.

The UK Royal Navy has deployed its Duke-class Type 23 frigate HMS Portland to support maritime crime fighting operations in the Middle East.

The US Fleet Forces (USFF) and the US Marine Corps Forces Command (MARFORCOM) have started a synthetic, scenario-based simulation exercise, Bold Alligator 2016 (BA16), in Norfolk, US.

RQ-20B is a block 2 upgrade of the Pointer Upgraded Mission Ability-All Environment (Puma AE) small unmanned aircraft system (UAS), designed and built by AeroVironment.

Lockheed Martin will equip US, Japanese and South Korean destroyers with Aegis ballistic missile defense systems, under a $490m contract.

US Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) has partnered with Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research in Northern Germany on the Allied Munitions Detection Underwater (ALMOND) pro…

The US Navy's littoral combat ship (LCS) programme has completed blast and fire testing of a full-scale structural assembly at the US Army Aberdeen Test Centre.

The US Marine Corps (USMC) has started repair work on its CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift helicopters to fix system issues.

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division has successfully tested the precision aircraft landing system (PALS) aboard the US Navy's first Ford-class aircraft carrier, Gerald R Ford (CVN 78).