Naval Technology

US Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran has revealed that $1bn is recommended in navy shipbuilding funds to procure the first US Coast Guard-operated icebreaker in 25 years.

Pacific Patrol Boat (PPB) 40 patrol vessels are being developed by Australian shipbuilding company Austal under the Pacific Patrol Boats Replacement (PPBR) project, which is aimed at replacing the existing Pacific Patrol Boats fleet.

MAN Diesel & Turbo has been chosen by the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) to power its newest BAE Systems-designed River-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV).

The Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN) first littoral mission vessel (LMV), Independence, has joined its fleet at Tuas Naval Base after successful completion of its sea trials.

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $425m contract by the US Navy to build and deliver fully integrated guidance and control systems for its MK 48 Mod 7 torpedoes.

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Italy's cumulative spending on navy is expected to decline to $11.1bn over the next five years, compared to $12.1bn during the five-year period between 2012 and 2016, according to a report by Strategic Defence Intelligence (SDI).

The Peruvian Navy has selected Kongsberg Maritime to deliver an integrated subsea technology systems package, including two HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), for its new hydrographic and oceanographic research vessel.

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has successfully completed testing of an improved Raytheon-built Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB third-stage rocket motor.

BMT Defence Services (BMT), a subsidiary of UK-based maritime and engineering consultancy BMT Group, has been selected to provide a 3D walkthrough training system for Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers.

The US Navy has awarded a $152m advance planning contract to Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) for the construction of the third Gerald R Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Enterprise (CVN 80).

Raytheon has started delivering pulse power containers (PPCs) to support the US Navy's railgun programme.

The Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) has taken delivery of the first high-speed support vessel (HSSV), RNOV Al Mubshir, from Austal.

British companies have developed a new thermal metal coating for use on the flight deck of the UK Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers.

The Italian Navy's sixth Frégate Européen multi-mission (FREMM) vessel, ITS Luigi Rizzo, has sailed out to sea from Fincantieri shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia) for the first time to begin its maiden sea trials.

The Indian Navy has inducted a new water jet fast attack craft (WJFAC), INS Tarmugli, into its fleet at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Saab has secured an order, worth approximately Skr1.53bn ($184m), from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to develop and produce a new lightweight torpedo (LWT) system.

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) has been awarded a contract modification to build and deliver digital modular radios (DMR) for use on the US Navy's new surface vessels and submarines.