Raytheon Company and Kentucky-based Phoenix Products, Inc. signed a U.S. Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé agreement to produce Naval Strike Missile, or NSM, transport containers
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) took delivery of its first Dassault Rafale M fighter upgraded to the F-3R standard in December 2018. The two major capabilities introduced with the F3-R standard are the arrival of the Meteor BVRAAM missile (coupled with the Rafale’s RBE2 AESA radar) and the new-generation Talios targeting pod.
The Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil) launched its first Brazilian-built Scorpene submarine, the Riachuelo, on December 14 2018. The ceremony took place at the Itaguaí
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works a contract to build a fifth DDG 51 destroyer as part of the multi-year award announced in September.
