Naval Technology

The US Navy's Freedon-class variant USS Detroit littoral combat ship (LCS 7) has successfully completed acceptance trial, prior to future deployment.

US-based technical services company VSE has received a cost-plus award fee delivery order, valued at up to $74m, to support the reactivation of ex-USS Taylor (FFG 50) and ex-USS Gary (FFG 51) for Taiwan Navy.

The US Government has approved the sale of 246 SM-2 Block IIIB missiles to the Japan Ministry of Defense.

The US Navy’s SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic (SSC Atlantic) has contracted Serco to provide command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) installation services on-board the Nimitz-class aircraft ca…

BAE Systems has developed a new analytical tool, which monitors the UK Royal Navy ships and highlights any potential faults in real-time.

Lockheed Martin has successfully carried out a controlled flight test of the US Navy’s long-range anti-ship missile (LRASM) surface-launch variant.

The BAP Carrasco (BOP-171) is an oceanographic and polar research vessel built by Spanish shipbuilding company Construcciones Navales P Freire, for the Peruvian Navy. The vessel was launched in Vigo, Galicia, Spain, in May 2016.

The UK Parliament has voted in favour of the Trident renewal programme, which is estimated to cost £40bn, to replace four Vanguard-class submarines that carry nuclear warheads.

General Dynamics' (GD) subsidiary Electric Boat has received an $18.9m contract modification from the US Navy to continue developing the Virginia Payload Module (VPM).

The US Navy Marine Corps (USMC), and the Republic of Singapore Armed Forces have commenced the 22nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise.

Navantia expands its international presence with the opening of a new commercial delegation in Bergen, Norway, that will be operative from today (20 July).

The Turkish Navy’s newest Milgem Ada-class multi-purpose corvette TCG Burgazada (F-513) was successfully launched at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard Command.

Naval forces from the US, Iraq and Kuwait will conduct their first trilateral exercise, in a bid to jointly address threats that exist in the Arabian Gulf.

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of the potential $821m foreign military sale (FMS) of Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IIIB, equipment and support to Japan.

The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Canberra-class landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Canberra (L02) has successfully taken aboard a US Marine Corps’ (USMC) MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft for the first time.

CACI International has been selected to continue its support for the modernisation of the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic's naval tactical command support system (NTCSS), for a period of three years.

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Government has granted approval for the purchase of a new naval tanker for $493m, Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has revealed.

Raytheon and Norway-based Kongsberg Defence Systems are planning to manufacture, assemble, integrate and test naval strike missiles (NSM) and launchers in the US.

The US Seventh Fleet has deployed two P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Singapore on a rotational basis to support shared maritime security initiatives.

The 11th multilateral, humanitarian and disaster response exercise, Pacific Partnership 2016 (PP16), has started in Da Nang City, Vietnam.