French Navy and Royal Netherland Navy successfully conducted a joint sea trial on Naval Cooperative Watch – Veille de Coopération Navale (VCN) in May 2021.
Following the announcement of the launch of the construction of four third-generation nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SNLE 3G in French) on February, Naval Group has signed several design and procurement contracts for the next generation SSBNs of the French Navy.
In a steel cut ceremony at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Glasgow, His Royal Highness, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, set the plasma cutting machine to work on the first plate of steel for the third Type 26 frigate, HMS BELFAST.
Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business has completed Milestone C for the U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band, or NGJ-MB.
At the SOFINS 2021 Special Forces trade show, Safran Electronics & Defense is introducing the new Geonyx M inertial navigation and pointing system.
Austal USA delivered the future USS Savannah, the 14th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), to the U.S. Navy June 25.
Odense Maritime Technology, Terma and PensionDanmark announce joint candidacy for the full-range delivery of Denmark’s new naval vessels.
With the aim of maintaining a flawless capability for sea-based signal intelligence, the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) signed a contract with Lürssen Werft GmbH on June 23, 2021, for the design and construction of three Class 424 AGI (Auxiliary, General Intelligence) ships.
A contract to build nine CH-53K™ King Stallion™ helicopters with an additional contract option for nine more aircraft was awarded to Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company on June 25.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a five year contract to BAE Systems to provide a data management system to multiple ships in the Royal Navy fleet including the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, Type 45 destroyers and the new Type 26 frigates.
