
U.S. Navy Destroyer USS John S. McCain Starting Post-Repairs Sea Trials
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) completed her necessary repairs and is underway to conduct comprehensive at-sea testing.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) completed her necessary repairs and is underway to conduct comprehensive at-sea testing.

GE’s gas turbine and electric drive power and propulsion systems are proven to meet the most demanding needs of world navies. Today at the MADEX International Marine Industrial Defense Exhibition, GE is highlighting its power and propulsion capabilities as they apply to two new proposed Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy programs: the KDDX destroyer and the LPX-II amphibious assault ship.

At MADEX 2019, the maritime defense exhibition currently held in Busan, South Korea, local shipyard DSME is showcasing its own KDDX design.

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) announced on October 10 it has signed a US$565 million contract with the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) for the first of three Gwanggaeto-III Batch II (KDX-III Batch II) destroyers for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy).

During PACIFIC 2019, Lacroix is showcasing its latest solutions such as the SYLENA MK2 decoy launching system, focusing on RAN tailor-made naval solutions for the SEA5000 and SEA1180 programs.

The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the United States Navy (USN) are participating in the second edition of Exercise Pacific Griffin from 24 September to 11 October 2019.

French pyrotechnics specialist Lacroix plans to set up operations to support Australian Industry Capability with its tailor-made naval solutions for RAN programs.

BAE Systems has received $170.7 million in contracts from the U.S. Navy to perform simultaneous maintenance and repair on two Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided-missile destroyers in its San Diego shipyard.

Lockheed Martin won a $326,998,037 missile defense agency (MDA) contract to design, develop, integrate, test and certify the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) 6.0 capability.

The U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of up to 73 Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missiles for an estimated cost of $3.295 billion.