After thorough consideration, the U.S. Navy has decided to decommission USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, due to the extensive damage sustained during the July fire.

The VSR700 optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) has successfully achieved fully autonomous takeoff and landing (ATOL) approaches, validating its autonomy to and from a moving platform and advancing the VSR700 programme towards its end goal: offering a tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) with (ATOL) capacities for global navies. The landing zone: a pitching, yawing platform, mounted on a trailer to simulate the conditions of a moving ship deck.

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has recently upgraded the Joint Lynx Simulator Training Establishment (JLSTE), a helicopter simulator, operated by the German and the Portuguese navies to train the Sea Lynx crews.

The sixth focused patrol of NATO’s Operation Sea Guardian (OSG) in 2020 has commenced, with Hellenic Navy vessel Spetsai as its flagship.

Dorset-based maritime technology company ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK (AEUK) has delivered the First of Class 15m Officer Training Boat (OTB) to the Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) in Dartmouth.

After her arrival in the Netherlands at the end of August, Australia’s icebreaker RSV Nuyina is commencing her seatrials in the North Sea.

The DLBA Division of Gibbs & Cox is excited to announce that we will be supporting DARPA's Tactical Technology Office (TTO) on their revolutionary No Manning Required, Ship (NOMARS) Program.

The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Indian Navy (IN) conducted the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) from 23 to 25 November 2020. This year's SIMBEX was planned virtually without physical interaction and conducted in the Andaman Sea and Indian Ocean as an 'at-sea only' exercise.

BAE Systems has received a contract to perform maintenance and modernization work aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1).