The US Navy awarded a $41.8 million contract to B.L. Harbert International Jan. 30 to build the MQ-25 Unmanned Air System Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) hangar at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, the NAVAIR press office announced on Feb. 1st, 2019.
BK-16 is a high-speed, multi-purpose amphibious landing craft originaly designed for the Russian defense ministry.
On February 7th, the Bundeswehr and Lürssen Werft shipyard officially launched the construction of the first of five new K130 Braunschweig-class Corvettes for the German Navy (Marine).
Rohde & Schwarz is expanding its naval expertise in Kiel by founding R&S Marinesysteme GmbH. The company develops and implements solutions for communications management and reliable communications intelligence and radar intelligence on board naval vessels.
France and Germany have awarded the first-ever contract – a Joint Concept Study (JCS) – to Dassault Aviation and Airbus for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme. The launch of the JCS was announced by the French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, and her German counterpart, Ursula von der Leyen, at a meeting yesterday in Paris.
Royal IHC and Naval Group signed their agreement to become core partners in the bid for the Netherlands submarine replacement project. Together they form a robust core team in which both partners bring in their complementary experience and expertise in designing and manufacturing complex maritime and defence systems.
Canada's only Naval Support Ship departed for a year-long deployment which will see Federal Fleet Services' Asterix take part in a series of international exercises and security operations throughout the Pacific Ocean, Asia, Middle East and East Africa.
Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) delivered another Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Billings (LCS 15) to the U.S. Navy.
Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd., prime contractor for Canada’s Joint Support Ships (JSS) has selected Lockheed Martin Canada’s modern CMS 330 as the Command Management System for the future Protecteur-Class.
The French Navy's Monge Missile Range Instrumentation Ship (A601) returned at sea. The ship achieved its third major technical stop at the end of 2018, after a year of maintenance work in Brest.
