Naval Warfare

Indian Navy’s next generation OPV fleet advances with keel-laying of third vessel

The ship is the third in a fleet of 11, with the first vessel due to be delivered in 2026.

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Fincantieri and TKMS partner for Philippine submarine bid

The companies have banded together to promote the Fincantieri U212 NFS offering, and hinted that the collaboration may not be a one-bid phenomenon.

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New enhanced FREMM frigate delivered to Italian Navy

The frigate, Spartaco Schergat, is equipped for a broad range of missions, including anti-submarine warfare.

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NAVSEA invests more in support of mine countermeasure USVs

The new contract with Textron Systems will support software development for uncrewed vessels over the next three years.

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Digital Battlespace

Farnborough 2012: Aegis system to get air defence upgrade

8th July 2012

The first of the US Navy's Aegis combat system ships will start receiving the latest 'Baseline 9' integrated missile and air defence upgrade in September, …
Military Logistics

GlobalSim delivers new crane simulators to US Navy

6th July 2012

GlobalSim has announced that it has delivered a new MasterLift 4000 training simulator to the US Navy Construction Battalions. The new MasterLift 4000 simulation system …
Uncrewed Vehicles

New unmanned surface vehicle in the works

3rd July 2012

Thales UK announced on 3 July that it has signed a contract with Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) to develop a re-configurable USV to meet the …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Fire Scout UAV deploys on US Navy frigate

2nd July 2012

The US Naval Air Systems Command has announced that the Klakring (FFG 42) guided missile frigate deployed 29 June 2012 with four Fire Scout UAVs …
Digital Battlespace

Northrop Grumman to modify E-6B communications

26th June 2012

Northrop Grumman has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the US Navy to integrate high-speed, secure communications and networking systems on an …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Echoscope sensor to equip new AUV fleet

25th June 2012

Coda Octopus has announced that its patented Echoscope 3-D imaging sonar has been selected by Lockheed Martin for a new fleet of autonomous subsea inspection …
Digital Battlespace

Thales selected for French CONTACT programme

22nd June 2012

The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has officially notified Thales that it has been awarded the development contract for the CONTACT strategic programme for the …
Naval Warfare

Lockheed calls for review of sequestration

19th June 2012

Lockheed Martin Chairman and CEO Bob Stevens has described the 'uncertain' consequences of sequestration as company officials outlined their visions for the next decade in …
Uncrewed Vehicles

First US Navy MQ-4C BAMS aircraft unveiled

15th June 2012

Northrop Grumman has unveiled the first US Navy MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) in a ceremony at the company’s …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Remus 600 AUV for Japanese MOD

13th June 2012

Hydroid has announced that the Japanese Ministry of Defence (MOD) has purchased one Remus 600 system for mine countermeasure operations. The new purchase brings the …
Digital Battlespace

Eurosatory 2012: Gilat Satcom launches Iridium-based systems

12th June 2012

Gilat Satcom has launched the Suricate Iridium link and Iridium Tactical Radio Dynamic Relay System. Announced during the Eurosatory 2012 conference in Paris, France, the …
Land Warfare

Eurosatory 2012: Thales secures sale of Minie-DIR modular NV system

12th June 2012

Thales has secured initial sales of 100 units its Minie-DIR modular night vision system with a European army, in a procurement the company hopes could …
Military Logistics

DynCorp wins new support contract

8th June 2012

DynCorp has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command-Pacific to provide operations support services to Joint Special Operations …
Digital Battlespace

Eurosatory 2012: IAI Taman launches Peripheral Situational Awareness System (O-PAS)

8th June 2012

IAI Tamam has launched the Optical Peripheral Situational Awareness System (O-PAS) at the Eurosatory exhibition in Paris. The O-PAS is an automatic detection, classification and …
Digital Battlespace

UDT Europe: Bluefin develops undersea communications network

31st May 2012

Bluefin Robotics is developing and demonstrating the Undernet undersea communication network. Rand LeBouvier, business development manager for the company, told the Undersea Defence Technology conference …
Uncrewed Vehicles

UDT Europe: Technion examines underwater autonomy

31st May 2012

The CTO of Technion has highlighted the need for technological advances in the autonomy of unmanned marine vehicles to counteract the communications challenge of underwater …
Uncrewed Vehicles

UDT Europe: Patria helps train Finnish Navy

30th May 2012

Patria is using low-cost, man-portable UUVs as training tools for ASW operations for the Finnish Navy. 'It's very important to have low cost training for …
Uncrewed Vehicles

UDT Europe: NATO extends undersea research

30th May 2012

The NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) is extending its range of echo repeaters to include moored and AUV-mounted variants. Alain Maguer, a NURC representative, told …
Uncrewed Vehicles

UDT Europe: GUT develops latest version of the Morswin.

30th May 2012

The Gdansk University of Technology (GUT) is developing the latest variant of its multi-mission ROV, the Morswin. Professor Lech Rowinski of the GUT in Poland …