MBDA’s Simbad-RC Very Short Range Air Defense (VSHORAD) System has been selected by the Philippine Navy for its future José Rizal-class frigates, currently being constructed by the South Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Ulsan.
Schneider Electric announced that it has entered into an agreement with Australia’s sovereign submarine company, ASC, to support Collins Class submarine sustainment and plan for Australia’s Future Submarine program.
Northrop Grumman has received a $322.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) program, the US company stated on March 8.
Guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed San Diego for its first operational underway, the US Navy announced on March 8, 2019.
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) relies on Thales’s expertise in sensors and has placed an order for two Coast Watcher 100s, the French defense company announced today.
More maritime power, including surface vessels and anti-submarine capability, are needed in Europe to counter threats there, the commander of U.S. European Command told the US Senate Armed Services Committee on March 5.
Nearly one month following the acceptance of its first advanced weapons elevator (AWE), the US Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), has accepted its second, the service said on March 6.
The US Navy announced on March 6 the establishment of Program Executive Office Columbia (PEO CLB) to focus entirely on the Navy’s number one acquisition priority.
The Australian Department of Defence has awarded Phoenix International Ltd a contract for a Submarine Rescue Service (SRS) to include the acquisition and support of the SEA1354 Ph 1 Submarine Escape, Rescue, and Abandonment System (SERAS), the Australian subsidiary of Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. said on March 6.
The US Coast Guard commissioned the 30th fast response cutter (FRC), Robert Ward, in San Francisco, California, March 2. The cutter is the second of four planned FRCs to be stationed in San Pedro, the service said on March 5.
