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More details on UK’s Herne XLAUV demonstrations
BAE Systems’ Herne XLAUV has completed a first set of in-water trials and demonstrations a little over a year after commencing development.
27 November 2024
BAE Systems’ Herne XLAUV has completed a first set of in-water trials and demonstrations a little over a year after commencing development.
Confirmed by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on 18 November, the award combines Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023) and FY2025 shipbuilding and conversion funds split
A decade after delivering its first Sylena decoy launching system (DLS) ship set, French countermeasures manufacturer Lacroix Defense has used Euronaval 2024 to announce the manufacture of the 100th Sylena launcher.
Thales is on course to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) deliveries of its SonoFlash combined active/passive sonobuoy to France’s Direction générale de l’armement (DGA) early next year, company officials have told Naval News.
At Euronaval 2024, MBDA unveiled a new submarine-launched version of its widely sold Exocet anti-ship missile: The SM40
At Euronaval 2024, MBDA introduces a new four-round variant of its remotely-controlled SIMBAD-RC ship self-defence system for saturation attacks.
Belgium Naval & Robotics – a consortium formed by Naval Group and Exail – expects to perform operational qualification of the drone ‘toolbox’ for the new Belgian-Netherlands (BE/NL) replacement Mine Countermeasures (rMCM) programme during the first half of 2025, Naval News has learned.
MBDA’s Sea Venom helicopter-launched anti-ship missile has completed a first guided firing from a Royal Navy (RN) Wildcat HMA.2 helicopter.
The Royal Netherlands Navy is set to receive two low-cost, low-manned multifunction support vessels (‘Multifunctionele ondersteuningsvaartuigen’)
German shipbuilder NVL Group has revealed new details of a new multipurpose vessel concept reflecting the company’s vision for a successor to the German Navy’s current Type 404 tenders.
