Naval Technology

In this issue: Project CameraShy and Chinese cyber espionage, Nordic defence cooperation, lightweight vehicle armour, SpaceX challenges the United Launch Alliance, overhauling the UK’s Type 45 destroyers and more

Rheinmetall and General Dynamics (GD) Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) have reached an agreement with the Canadian Government to produce Omnitrap decoy ammunition to Canadian Navy for 30 years.

The deckhouse of the US Navy’s America-class large-deck amphibious assault ship, USS Tripoli (LHA 7), has been successfully installed by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division.

The SENER engineering and technology group is the Data & Diagnostics Subsystem (DDS), including the data management unit (DMU) of the European payload, for the LISA Pathfinder mission.

Raytheon has delivered its first next-generation AN/SPY-6(V) air and missile defence radar (AMDR) array to the US Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii.

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of the potential $300m foreign military sale (FMS) of SH-60F Sea-Hawk helicopter equipment and support to Israel.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has reportedly conducted an unsuccessful test firing of a ballistic missile from a Sinpo-class submarine off the country’s eastern coast on Saturday.

Italian shipbuilding firm Fincantieri has delivered a new U212A Todaro-class submarine, Pietro Venuti, to the Italian Navy at its Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard.

The Australian Government has contracted Saab to provide sustainment services for the combat system on the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) Anzac-class frigates.

MicroTech has secured a contract worth $750m for the supply of command and control equipment and support services for the US Navy.

Austal has received a contract modification from the US Navy to provide emergent availability planning and full ship shock trials (FSST) support for tests to be performed on its Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6).

The Commonwealth of Australia and Navantia have signed a contract to supply two auxiliary oiler replenishments (AORs).

The Vitavox watertight, pressure-tight submarine loudspeakers VQ79558 (NSN 5965-99-924-9409) are a cone type unit designed for use in external positions on a submarine.

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of the potential foreign military sale (FMS) of SM-2 Block IIIB Standard missiles, SM-2 missile containers and support to the Republic of Korea (ROK).

The US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Systems Center Pacific has contracted Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) to deliver the switchable common data link (CDL) split above and below decks radio systems.

Mictrotech has secured a $750m indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center to provide command-and-control (C2) systems and associated support services to the US Navy.

MMI Engineering (MMI) provides technical consulting and engineering services to enable effective maritime risk management.

Fincantieri won a €4bn contract to build seven vessels for the Qatar Navy, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016 international maritime exercise started in Hawaiian waters and the US Navy’s fifth mobile user objective system satellite was successfully lau…

Isode supplies messaging and directory server software to sectors requiring high levels of reliability, security and support.

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of the potential $140.1m foreign military sale of Evolved Seasparrow missiles (ESSMs), equipment, training, and support to the Government of Chile.