BAE Systems has received a $12 million Phase 2 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to further develop a low-cost, all-weather, multi-mode (radar/infrared) open architecture seeker under the Maritime Weapon Innovation Program (MWIP) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (also known as QUICKSINK).
U.S. Navy press release IMSC’s operational task force, Coalition Task Force (CTF) Sentinel, completed exercise Sentinel Shield with U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D.
BAE Systems has received a $119.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform major modernization work aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82). The value of the competitively-awarded contract could reach $137.9 million if all options are exercised.
On Jan. 10, 2023, Iveco Defence Vehicles (IDV) Group announced a new order from the Italian Navy for 36 amphibious armored vehicles that will reinforce the Italian Navy’s San Marco Marina Brigade (BMSM) to increase its maritime projection capability.
HII won a contract for the modernization period planning of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) and USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001).
Raytheon Technologies will supply a long-range cruise missile system to the Romanian government as part of a possible $217.1 million U.S. Navy contract.
Kongsberg has signed a substantial contract with the Commonwealth of Australia for Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) and supporting equipment.
On December 27, 2022, French Navy’s La Fayette-class frigate, FS Guépratte (F714), seized a huge amount of illegal drugs from a fishing vessel in the international waters of the North Arabian Sea. FS Guépratte (F714) carried out the operation under CTF 150 mission, a part of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), a multinational maritime partnership located in Bahrain.
On December 21, 2022, the Indian Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) laid the keel of two Anti-submarine Warfare Shallow Crafts (ASW SWC) in Kolkata.
As 2022 comes to an end, here is an overview of the ten most-read naval defense news stories we published this past year, based on the number of readers.
