Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted a ceremonial first-cut-of-steel event today at its Newport News Shipbuilding division to mark the start of advance construction for the Columbia-class submarine program, the US shipyard said on May 23, 2019.
To encourage innovation, experimentation, and combat readiness, Vice Adm. Richard Brown, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSP), announced the establishment of Surface Development Squadron ONE (SURFDEVRON ONE) during a ceremony, May 22.
French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, today announced that the future Light Joint Helicopter (HIL program) of the French military will be named “Guepard” (Cheetah). She also announced that its procurement will be accelerated.
On May 23, 2019, the first SA’AR-6 class corvette was named INS Magen at a ceremony in Kiel. This marks another important milestone in the ongoing program of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) as General Contractor to build four next-generation missile corvettes for the Israeli Navy.
The French Marine Industry Group (GICAN), the trade union for the French shipbuilding industry, is calling for greater recognition of the shipbuilding and maritime sector in future public policy within the European Union, whose Parliament is up for renewal following the 23-26 May 2019 elections.
Babcock International has completed the first docking and maintenance period on HMS Queen Elizabeth at its Rosyth site, the British Aerospace and Defence company announced on May 21, 2019.
Israel Shipyards Ltd. unveils its new multi-purpose Offshore Patrol Vessel, OPV-45, at IMDEX ASIA 2019. The OPV-45 is designed for a wide range of Naval, para-military and HLS missions, and can carry a variety of payloads according to mission requirements.
Raytheon has for the very first time publicly introduced the Block 2 variant of its Coyote anti-UAS system at this year’s Sea Air & Space exposition. Intended to be officially proposed for any US air defense program, « the Coyote Block 2 is a game changer in the field of targeting UAV or even bigger targets », Naval News learned.
Following its recent success with the US Coast Guard, the France-based iXblue continues to promote its range of solutions on the US soil, backed by its two local factory plants in Providence (Rhode Island) and Denver (Colorado).
French company Lacroix Defense is once again exhibiting at Sea Air Space, demonstrating its new generation, compact SYLENA range of decoy launching systems. Naval News took the opportunity of the event to sit down with Lacroix’s Renaud Thetiot, regional manager.
