Naval Technology

The US Navy is reportedly considering options to install an electromagnetic railgun on its third Zumwalt-class ship, Lyndon B Johnson (DDG-1002) currently being constructed at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW).

The US Navy's Seventh Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) is set to undergo sea trials following completion of the selective restricted availability (SRA).

The navies of the US and Ghana have completed the Africa Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) operations in West Africa.

The US Navy's Northrop Grumman-built MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed its operational assessment (OA), at the NAS Patuxent River in Maryland, US, paving way for a crucial Milestone C decision.

Officers belonging to the navies of Belgium, Netherlands, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Latvia and Poland visited SAES facilities.

The engineering and technology group SENER led the construction consortium on a turnkey project for YPFB, and participated in the inauguration ceremony, presided over by Evo Morales, president of the plurinational state of Bolivia.

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The UK Royal Navy has assigned a decommissioned Lynx helicopter of the Fleet Arm to HMS Raleigh to support the first-aid training conducted at the facility.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard has launched the US Navy's future San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, USS Portland (LPD 27).

The amphibious force of the Italian Navy has conducted marine training exercise Phibex off the southern port of Taranto.

The US Navy has successfully conducted four flight tests of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 Block I (SM-6 Blk I) off the Hawaiian coast.

The US Navy has announced that its long-range Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey varient has been granted the official designation to serve as a carrier on-board delivery (COD) aircraft, CMV-22B.

The Indian Navy is set to stage the International Fleet Review (IFR) 2016 in the Bay of Bengal, off the Visakhapatnam coast, Andhra Pradesh, India.

On 4 February, the inauguration of the thermosolar plant NOORo I took place in Ouarzazate, within the NOORo solar complex, which, once completed, will be the largest on the planet.

The US Navy and the UK Royal Navy have successfully concluded a week-long mine hunting exercise in the Gulf.

The US Navy's Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) has completed sea trials after undergoing a major shipyard maintenance availability period over the last 12 months.

LED lighting technology solutions provider Revolution Lighting Technologies (RVLT) has assigned specialty advisor Cohen Group to analyse and strategise the company's actions to help bid for future LED retrofit contracts with the US Navy.

Meggitt Training Systems has been awarded a $7.19m delivery contract by the US Marine Corps (USMC) Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) Program Manager for Training Systems (PM TRASYS) to deliver indoor simulated marksmanship trainers (ISMT) systems.

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The Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy commissioned a series of three Project 21820-class landing craft by July 2015. All three ships were designed by JSC Alexeev’s Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau and built by OJSC Yaroslavsky Shipyard.